The group is wearing vests, which appear to have blood stains on them. The vest says “Press”. They suggest that many Palestinian journalists died during the war, VG reports.
In essence, they want NRK to work against Israel’s ability to participate in this year’s Eurovision.
The promoters of the movement in support of Palestine are the actor Janne Heltenberg and the musician Marthe Valle. Valle shared photos of the protest on Instagram. According to him, 116 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza in the last 100 days.
Last December, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that Israel would be among the participating countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
NRK will not call for a boycott of Israel. “We cannot demand a cultural boycott. This is beyond our competence as a broadcaster. For us it would be absolutely impossible. We cover conflicts in the Middle East and if we, as a broadcaster, took sides in this conflict, it would be difficult for us to provide honest coverage “one of the agency’s behind-the-scenes editors told the media.
Today’s singing competition is one of the semi-finals. However, the actual final will take place on February 3 in Trondheim.
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