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Updated Wednesday, February 28, 2024-16:41
Eurovision This is the lyrics of the Israeli song that the EBU rejects
Israel Who is Eden Golan, Israel's representative at Eurovision 2024 in the midst of the war in Gaza
The storm that comes with Israel
's participation
in
Eurovision
in the midst of the
Gaza war
does not abate.
If last week the rejection by the European Broadcasting Union
(
EBU
), organizer of the festival, of the song that was going to represent
Israel
in Malmö,
October rain
, for having "too political" lyrics,
came to light , it seems that
The alternative option has not been liked in Europe either.
According to local media
Ynet
, which cites sources from the
Israeli
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
, the alternative option for
Eurovision
,
Dance Forever
, also performed by
Aden
Golan
, has also not pleased the
EBU
, which sent a no on Tuesday night.
According to
Ynet
, both songs were in the hands of the
Eurovision
organizer before
Israel
decided on one of them.
Given the first refusal, the authorities suggested trying option B, despite initially responding that they would not accept any changes, "neither in the lyrics nor in the song", but it has not made the cut either.
The Israeli authorities, according to the publication, are "pessimistic."
The portal has had access to the content of the lyrics of
Dance Forever
: "
Dance like an angel/ You will remember/ I will dance forever/ I will dance again/ Dance like an angel
."
As in the first song,
October Rain
, it had a clear reference to
the Hamas attacks
on Israeli citizens on October 7, which triggered the war, in this case the references to dancing such as "tell me the rhythm because my soul is still overwhelmed", "hope does not stop, it only spreads its wings", "take me to the right path, there is no more time and I cannot make a mistake", can be read between the lines as references to the attack on the Reim music festival .
Israel
never hid its intention to make its own account of the situation on the
Eurovision
stage .
"We have to choose a song that reflects our situation and shows the world that we are here to stay," said Hanson, a judge in the Israeli preselection.
Israel
's participation
in the European song contest has raised controversy from the first moment.
Their opponents argue that
Russia
was left out after the invasion of
Ukraine.
Although supporters of the Israel veto argue that
Russia
has not returned to
Eurovision
since it invaded
Ukraine
, the
EBU
has argued that they are different cases: "The Russian operators had been suspended due to persistent violations of their obligations as members of the organization and the violation of the values of public service," the agency said in a statement.
Instead, "the relationship between
KAN
[the Israeli public audiovisual corporation] and the Israeli government are drastically different."