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Eurovision 2024 semi-finals: Fan favourites Malta and Belgium exit the competition in shock result as Israel defies pro-Palestinian crowds and goes through to the final
Israel's Eden Golan qualified for the final despite thousands of protestors demonstrated in Malmo calling for her to be excluded from the competition.
The prediction was correct, with as many as 5,000 people taking to the city's streets today, including the young Swede - who was pictured wearing a keffiyeh, a black and white shawl commonly used to show support for Palestine, around her body in the centre of the crowd within a sea of Palestinian flags. During the demonstrations, smoke canisters in the colours of the Palestinian flag were set off and protesters, some of whom have dogs, young children and bicycles with them, were carrying signs displaying images of Gaza civilians who have been injured amid the Hamas-Israel conflict. Israeli Eurovision singer Eden Golan was ordered to stay in her hotel room by her country's national security agency as thousands of pro-Palestine protesters demonstrated in Malmo, calling for her to be excluded from the competition
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