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Tel Aviv is to host the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest
What’s Tel Aviv like? This from Business Insider:
‘From the Mediterranean shores of Tel Aviv, Israel’s fraught geopolitical position is almost non-existent. Tourists and locals alike sip Goldstar, Israel’s ubiquitous dark lager, as the waves roll in and out. Children laugh and splash in the water. A group of teens play volleyball as the sun sets.
It feels like a much nicer version of the Jersey Shore: The sand is softer, the water is clearer, and the beer tastes better.’
Tel Aviv, Israel: Tourists eating in outdoor cafe, Tel Aviv Yafo, IsraelPoster child
Tel Aviv is the Israeli state’s poster child, projecting an image of a country that is modern, open, welcoming and, of course, democratic. But it is only an image, a mirage, a shimmering falsehood that does not in fact exist – certainly not if you’re a Palestinian.
From: Haaretz:
Settler Violence Against Palestinians Is the Escalation to Fear in the West Bank
Rise in attacks against Palestinians likely to continue as army, police, Israeli society stand by passively or encourage attacks
What actually exists is an Apartheid state that has enshrined in law – the Nationality Law – Jewish supremacy. And lest there be room for doubt about the law’s intent, Knesset (Israel’s Parliament) Member Avi Dichter, a sponsor of the Nationality Law, provided confirmatory commentry: ‘We [Israel] are enshrining this important bill into a law today to prevent even the slightest thought, let alone attempt, to transform Israel to a country of all its citizen (sic).’ It is this state that is to host, in May 2019, the Eurovision Song Contest.
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