From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Gaza singers protest Israel hosting Eurovision on rubble of bombed building
Palestinian singers are protesting Israel’s hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest by performing on the rubble of a building destroyed in recent fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Several dozen people are attending the concert at the ruins of the multistory al-Qamar building in Gaza City that Israeli warplanes leveled in an airstrike during fighting earlier this month, during which terrorists launched hundreds of rockets at Israeli communities.
Israel is hosting Eurovision in Tel Aviv, and is set to hold the first semi-final round of performances this evening.
???????????? Palestinian artists held a concert on the ruins of one of the residential buildings destroyed last week by Israeli warplanes, to counter the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv some 50 miles from besieged Gaza, which coincides with the annual Nakba commemoration#Nakba71 pic.twitter.com/ONOHylDpnx
— Yousef يوسف (@YousefAlhelou) May 14, 2019
Somaya Khatry, one of the Gaza event’s organizers, says it is aimed at delivering “the image of Gaza that reflects the [bad] face of Israel and its racist and aggressive occupation.”
— with AP
The Times of Israel Community.