The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip is one of the most topical topics this Christmas season due to the terrible events taking place. This is a subject that has been commented on a lot by many people, including a well-known singer who achieved a very good position for her country in the Eurovision Song Contest in the 2010s.
About Eric SaadeThe Swedish representative took third place with the song ‘Popular’, which he released on Christmas Day in 2011. A very strong critical message towards Israel He describes the army’s actions in the Gaza Strip on his Instagram account: “Imagine if the world was discussing who bombed Al-Shifa Hospital at the beginning of the genocide. This was 20 hospitals ago…”.
“Israel is the most dangerous and disgusting nation in the world. The world will destroy them. It’s a matter of time…“, the Swedish artist continued in this temporary publication, which he uploaded to his profile on the said social network.
“Despite the illegal occupation, apartheid, and mass murder of children and civilians, the majority of Western media and leaders support them, Disgusting“says Saade.
This is not the first time that Eric Saade has attacked Israel in some of his publications. The Swedish singer of Palestinian origin is closely interested in defending human rights in the Gaza Strip.
“Terrorism: Criminal acts committed against civilians with the aim of causing death or serious bodily injury or taking hostages, with the aim of provoking a state of terrorism in the general population or in a group of people or in specific individuals, intimidating a population or a government or an international organization, as defined in the international conventions and protocols on terrorism.” and calls on all States to prevent, in any case, acts of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or similar nature, to compel them to commit or refrain from committing any act constituting the covered offences. This is what has been happening for 75 years. This is not a matter of opinion. They are facts. But you can call it whatever you want. Israel is a terrorist state“said Saade in a post published on December 3.
Israel confirms it will participate in Eurovision 2024
For now, the EBU and Sweden’s SVT confirmed earlier this month: Next year, 37 countries will take the stage at the Malmö Arena, the center of European competitions, the same number as in Liverpool 2023. and since he does not know Romania’s decision, he has more time to decide on his participation.
In this sense, The EBU also announced that Israel will participate in the next edition of the Eurovision Song Contest despite declaring war on Hamas and occupying Gaza.. The European consortium’s decision is far from the one it made in 2022 with Russia, which it expelled from the festival just days after it began invading Ukraine at the request of many European television channels.