Israeli Eurovision: how low can you go?

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Israeli entry in Eurovision song contest is likely to be a song called 'October Rain' sung by trans-identifying 'Eden 'Golan'.

My previous thread was deleted for pointing this out.

Well for starters, the whole population of India - 1.417 billion are staunchly Pro-Israel.

https://www.newarab.com/analysis/why-india-leading-pro-israel-disinformation-campaign

The whole ? Even the Muslims ?

@keenforhelp have you even read the article or just looked at the title?

Sorry if I offended @stormy4319trevor my post wasn't directed at you but at PP who were talking about it earlier, I just happened to rejoin the thread at the point you were asking.

Every word. Have you?

Here are a few out takes:
"These pro-Israel advocates also make their presence felt on the streets of India, where rallies are organised in support of Israel, expressing unwavering support even in the face of controversial events such as the Al Ahli Hospital bombing, the deadliest attack of this war, which killed over 470 Palestinian"

"India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi was one of the first leaders to express support for Israel on 7 October, stating, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the innocent victims and their families. We stand in solidarity with Israel at this difficult hour"."

Clearly the small Muslim population (15 %) in India feel helpless in the wake of such unwavering solidarity.

And staunch support for Israel in the UK by many Hindus.

India see it like it is.

Another clear, explicit and unabashed example of victim blaming.

Whose the victim here? Israel?

They are currently involved in a bloody conflict, they've killed over 40,000 innocent civilians. 14,000 children. It is completely inappropriate to be competing in the Eurovision they should not be there. They are sticking their two fingers up at all those they are persecuting in Gaza

Ooops - yes possibly not all of the comparatively small (15%) Muslim population.

That still leaves 1190000000 ish.

Let's be clear Dulra - the victim here is Eden Golan! She is an entirely innocent singer suffering death threats!

Any other conclusion is bizarre.

No offence taken @25milesfromhome I think I'm too ignorant of this event to say much useful, anyway, as it goes.

@keenforhelp if you read the full article then you would realise why it isn't very helpful to share, as it's not exactly very positive about Israel.

Id like to know how many of the 85% remaining really supports Israel (without being paid to do so and to spread misinformation as per your link). Probably not the 85% as you claim

And if I'm honest I really don't know much about eurovision, nor the politics surrounding it except for what people on the thread have mentioned. I only commented as I saw you shared an article which largely focused on the abuse of Muslims as a minority in India. And one that wasn't very positive about those who support Israel in India either (which was my confusion on why you shared it, surely you can find some more positive ones) just to make a point.

Strange that you would ask that question. Is it a given that no Muslims would support Israel?

I thought this wasn’t supposed to be a religious war?

And Israel should not be there and should not have put their act in that position. She is representing Israel they are not protesting because she's Eden Golan.

It is not dissimilar to all the protests that took place before the world cup in Quatar.

This is irrelevant. India isn't taking part in Eurovision. Start a new thread about it if it's important to you.

You keep telling yourself that 😂

Having never heard the song before, I didn't realise how insanely talented she is!

Really. The BJP hate Muslims and so it’s a given they’ll support Israel as they are Islamophobes, certainly not out of the goodness of their hearts. Considering Muslims and Jews belong to the Abrahamic faith this is just bizarre when Hindu’s worship idols which is forbidden in Christianity, Islam and Judaism.

Oh I see, you were talking about India, not England or Europe, which I had assumed as this thread is about Eurovision.

And really interesting to hear that you believe the entire population of India supports Israel, every single person.

What about the rest of the world?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/12/united-nations-general-assembly-vote-ceasefire-israel-gaza-war

Since when has Israel been in Europe anyway?

Cancel the cheque

Was her talent real or was it covered by Eurovision like they’ve tried covering the protests ?

She really has a very powerful voice.
A fantastic performance!

What now? Really no idea what you're trying to say here.

She performed well. She has a great voice. I'm not sure what else to tell you.