A not so subtle political statement by Iceland's Hatari has made the finals at the Eurovision pop contest in Tel Aviv.
There are strict rules against political content in Eurovision so rather than boycott the contest, Hitari have used it to spread awareness. “It’s so absurd to be in this contest … and everyone is super polite; it’s all about the music and everybody loves each other,” says Tryggvi Haraldsson at his hotel in Tel Aviv. “And to be in that bubble a day after witnessing apartheid in action just an hour’s drive away is the contradiction that we want to be aware of.”
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(Old Spike)
without subtitles i think we're gonna need a bit better description of what this statement is?
(Old Spike)
Lyrics are here [link]
An article about their involvement in Eurovision in Israel is here [link]
(Old Spike)
nice one, thanks.
for anyone else who can't be bothered to read, the essence of it is iceland has officially recognised palestine as a state, a large number of the icelandic people have called for a boycott of the competition over the human rights abused perpetrated by israel, and the group itself says they want to perform in israel because they see it as the best example of the dystopia they say is taking over the world.
(Old Spike)
(Old Spike)
There is no apartheid happening in Israel.