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Saturday, May 18, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Madonna chided for Israel-Palestinian flag display
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe European Broadcasting Union has released a statement saying that the Israeli and Palestinian flags in Madonna’s performance were not approved.
This part of the performance were not part of the rehearsals which ahd been approved by the EBU and the host broadcaster, Kan,” the union says in a statement, according to a tweet from Reuters correspondent Dan Williams.
“The Eurovision Song Contest is a non-political event and Madonna has been made aware of it,” the statement reads.
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