Posted on 05/15/2019 3:16:16 AM PDT by blueplum
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel’s webcast of the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final was hacked with animated images of explosions in host city Tel Aviv, which the national broadcaster blamed on Hamas militants...
After the 41-country competition kicked off on Tuesday with a first semi-final, Kan’s webcast cut to animated satellite footage showing explosions in Tel Aviv set to a menacing soundtrack.
Kan played down the hack, noting that the evening ended without further incident as Greece, Belarus, Serbia, Cyprus, Estonia, Czech Republic, Australia, Iceland, San Marino and Slovenia made it through to Saturday’s finals...
...Palestinians and their foreign supporters have called, so far fruitlessly, on countries to shun the Tel Aviv songfest as part of wider efforts to isolate Israel internationally.
Many boycott calls have targeted Madonna, who arrived in Israel on Tuesday, ahead of the American pop star’s guest performance at the Eurovision final.
The second semi-final is on Thursday.
Rebuffing the pressure, Madonna said she would “never stop playing music to suit someone’s political agenda”.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
related:
Israel has reportedly deployed its Iron Dome missile-interception system ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest
and, it’s pretty sad when a country has deploy perimeter defenses to protect music
I really think Israel should announce that Gaza is a new country. Remove all hookups to water, electricity and let nations build Gaza into a green country. Move the UN there as a show of goodwill.
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