The head of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency led a delegation of officials from the VIP protection department to Malmö in Sweden last week to coordinate security arrangements for Israel’s participant in the Eurovision song contest, the Ynet news site reports.
The Shin Bet believes that the Israeli delegation could be the target of “provocative” actions, the report says.
Last week Israel issued an updated travel warning, defining the Swedish city of Malmö as a Level 3 — or moderate — threat.
A warning from the National Security Council cited “a well-founded fear” that terrorists would target Israelis attending the Eurovision.
“Malmö is known as a center of anti-Israeli protests,” said the updated warning, explaining that the city has many immigrants from the Arab world.
Swedish authorities vowed “visible” measures including police with submachine guns and reinforcements from Denmark and Norway around the May 7-11 event.
Channel 12 News reported last week that Israel’s representative to the Eurovision, Eden Golan, will be accompanied by a much higher caliber of security team than any previously.
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