Singer Eden Golan stuck in her hotel in Sweden as anti-Israel protestors like Greta Thunberg roam outside
Israeli Eurovision singer Eden Golan today 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.It's atrocious, of course, that the most Islamic neighborhood in Sweden, was allowed to result in this. Another musician's given much needed backing to Golan:
Meanwhile, Greta Thunberg joined the thousands of protesters in the southern Swedish city demonstrating against Israel competing in the famous song contest.
The climate activist, 21, was at the Stop Israel demonstration in the centre of the city on Thursday ahead of the young Israeli-Russian singer's performance at the second semi-final of the competition later this evening.
It was reported earlier that Israel's national security agency Shin Bet had warned Golan not to leave her hotel room except for performances because Malmo was anticipating the wave of pro- Palestinian demonstrations.
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.
[...] Golan, who was born in Israel but grew up in Russia, has faced death threats ahead of her performances at the Malmo Arena.
The 20-year-old singer says she hopes her performance will help to unite people, and she has remained defiant in the build up to the semi-final.
'I won't let anything break me,' she told MailOnline in an interview this week. 'I wouldn't say I'm worried. I'm prepared.'
Speaking to Reuters, she said: 'It's a super important moment for us, especially this year. I feel honoured to have the opportunity to be the voice of my country.'
Lead singer of Five for Fighting, John Ondrasik, also shared a post on X about the protests and Golan not being able to leave her hotel room. Following the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7 against Israel, Ondrasik wrote the song “OK” and has called out artists who have been silent amid the anti-Semitism raging on college campuses.There's only so many showbiz people out there who's silence marks them as pathetic. Even Gal Gadot may have to shoulder some responsibility here.
“Eden Golan, our fellow artist, cannot leave her hotel room in fear for her life because she is Jewish,” Ondrasik’s post read. “This is 2024. I call on every artist to join me in condemning publicly this despicable act of hate. This is a time for choosing. Your silence is complicit.”
Update: some context given by Danusha Goska on how the keffiyeh came to be a symbol of supporters of Islamofascism:
Sixty years ago, terrorist Yasser Arafat indelibly cemented identification of the keffiyeh with antisemitism and terrorism. “The apocryphal story among many Palestinians is that Arafat folded his keffiyeh in a way that reminded him of the Dome of the Rock … and let the side panel drape in a way that resembled the historic map of Palestine… [terrorists] conducted guerrilla operations while wearing the keffiyeh.”This is the origin of the damage that's sadly been done.
Since October 7, the keffiyeh “has been associated with the Hamas spokesperson known only … as Abu Obeida … the ‘masked one’ … his face is always covered by a red and white keffiyeh that shows only his eyes.” The “masked one” “praised the Oct. 7 attack … as a victory for the Palestinian cause.” Abu Obeida is celebrated in Paterson, NJ. A young Muslima wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with his image was recently seen strolling through a Paterson park.
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