Eurovision protesters in Malmo, Sweden, object to Israel’s Eden Golan | EUROtoday

MALMÖ, Sweden — Thousands of demonstrators waving Palestinian flags flooded Sweden’s third largest metropolis on Thursday to name for a cease-fire in Gaza and protest Israel’s participation within the Eurovision Song Contest right here this week.

The annual celebration of music and kitsch, watched by greater than 150 million individuals, is commonly enmeshed in politics. But some observers say that is probably the most politically charged version of the competition in its 68-year historical past. For weeks, artists and activists have been calling on Eurovision to ban Israel over its conflict in Gaza.