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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
PM defends Eurovision on Shabbat: ‘Majority of participants not Jewish’
At a faction meeting of the United Torah Judaism party in Bnei Brak, UTJ leaders read out a letter from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding Shabbat desecration during the Eurovision Song Contest.
Ultra-Orthodox parties have complained of the singing contest’s finals in Tel Aviv being held on Saturday.
“The Eurovision contest is a singular international event set to predetermined international standards outside the control of the government,” Netanyahu says.
“The Israeli government is not interested in desecrating Shabbat… the majority of participants in the event are from abroad and are not Jewish,” he says.
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