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Eurovision semi-finals: Israeli flags OK, but no Palestinian flags or insignia allowed inside the TV arena on Saturday

Eurovision finals put Israel and EU on trial

The Israel controversy in Europe's pop-song finals on Saturday (11 May) will further disgust the Global South and has frightened Jewish people in Malmö, Sweden. 

Speaking to EUobserver from Amman, Bitte Hammargren, a Swedish commentator on the Middle East, said: "After the war in Gaza there is a widespread and growing belief in the Arab world that Europea...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Eurovision semi-finals: Israeli flags OK, but no Palestinian flags or insignia allowed inside the TV arena on Saturday

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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