Finally, Israel agreed to amend the letter “October Rain” song To be able to stay in the Eurovision race.
This action came after the committee supervising the festival decided to delete the topic “its political nature”The Kan channel, which is responsible for choosing Israel's representative, reported.
In fact, the Israeli Pres Isaac Hezog They advised lowering the tone of the lyrics to avoid exclusion from the European Broadcasting Union.
“It is important for Israel to appear at Eurovision, it is a statement because there are enemies trying to do so Boycott us and They took us out of every stageHerzog said.
Two weeks ago, the public broadcaster Kan chose the singer Aden Golan To represent Israel in this year’s competition, which will be held in Malmö (Sweden).
It violates political neutrality
The song “October Rain” refers to the unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, which left more than one person dead 1200 dead.
The European Broadcasting Union excluded it due to the violation Rules of political neutralityAlthough they maintain their participation.
He also did not accept the song that took second place in the competition, entitled “Dance Forever”, which is about the massacre at the Nova electronic music festival.
The Israeli company will have to inform the artists of its modification Lyrics of the two songs. The Eurovision Supervisory Committee will choose the final version of one of the two versions.
Next Sunday, Israeli television will broadcast a special program in which it will finally be revealed What song will he perform? At Eurovision.
Calls for a boycott
It comes amid controversy over the song's lyrics And calls from the political and cultural world to veto Israel's participation In competition over the attack on the Gaza Strip – which killed more than 30,000 people -.
Eurovision protects itself from this A “non-political” event.. It is an argument that is debatable to the point of excluding Russia from the contest to invade Ukraine in 2022.
Since its debut in 1973, Israel has won the song festival four times. View in standardization The Hebrew state in the West.
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