Israel At Eurovision

The Eurovision is keen to keep its non-political stature but while Israel is performing after rewriting its song to stay in the competition, it is not going to be easy to stop nations slipping in their protest against what horrors the nation are inflicting on the Palestinians in the Middle East.
The main protests from the participants, and i am sure there will be some, will come in the Live Final when it can't be edited out and already we have seen some small signs of what's to come when the Irish singer, Bambie Thug, wrote anti-war slogans all over her body and was only allowed to go on stage once she changed it.
The opening singer wore a Palestinian Keffiyeh patterned cloth around his wrist which organisers said 'compromised the non-political nature of the event' and out out a statement which said that while the
Organisers understood the concerns and deeply held views around the war in the Middle East but the song contest is a music event and is not a competition between nations or governments.
Security around the Israeli singer, Eden Golan, has been trebled and there was a small protest outside the Malmo arena on Tuesday but a larger one is being promised for Thursday's second semi-final and Saturday's Final which has the potential to be a flashpoint.
I am conflicted as while i fully support the protests against the genocide in Gaza, and wonder about the moral compass of anyone who isn't, i feel for Golan who is just there to sing her song in a competition but i would like to see some protest by the performers, just small ones, to mark that we can't just pretend it isn't happening and on the Worlds largest music competition in front of hundreds of millions is the perfect place for us Europeans to show Israel that we know what you are doing, and do not support you. 
At today's rehearsal Golan was booed by the crowd as she performed her song Hurricane which was hastily rewritten after the original, 'October Rain' was deemed too controversial.
The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation has made an official complaint to the Eurovision Organisers about the booing and asked it to prevent a repeat of the incident but i can't see how it can be stopped in a live event.
Extra police have been drafted in from Denmark and Norway as protesters have been gathering outside the Arena with Palestinian flags, placards against Israeli participation and smoke canisters but with feelings running high amongst Golan's fellow musicians, the protests will probably also be coming from the stage and tonight's second semi-final will have Organisers nervous.