Eurovision will not accept Israeli song because of lyrics

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  1. zalekbloom

    zalekbloom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    https://eurovisionfun.com/en/2024/0...stion-from-eden-golans-eurovision-2024-entry/
    I and sending letter to Israel requesting changing the contested words in the song - here are my proposals:

    Replace the name of the song from October Rain to May first rain

    replace:
    There’s no air left to breathe.
    No place, no me from day to day.

    by:
    In Hamas tunnels plenty of air
    I love being there, I swear, I swear


    replace:
    They were all good children each one of them.
    by:
    They were not children and all are bad

    replace:
    Evening. Everything is black and white. Who is the fool. Who told you boys don’t cry.
    Hours and hours and flowers. Life is not a game for the cowards…

    by:
    It is fun time, Hamas soldiers are so smart, they are not fool, they never cry.
    Hours and hours and showers. Life is winning a game when you follow Sharia


    replace:
    While time goes by. Every day I’m losing my mind, Holding on
    by:
    While time goes on. Reading Quran makes you strong!

    I think additional line should added to the song:
    From the river to the sea, Hamas will make you free

    I am sure with these changes Israeli song will be accepted in Eurovision with great applause!
     
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    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    so it doesn't fit the contest’s regulations, are we saying it's not political, so it should be allowed in the contest? Confused?
     
  3. zalekbloom

    zalekbloom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    No, I am not confused, I am used to the fact that Jews are treated different way than non Jew, I only want to show the facts. Here lyrics of 2023 Ukrainian songs which were not considered 'political':

    https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/04/18/t...yrics-english-ukraine-eurovision-2023/276988/
    Sometimes gotta let it go
    Sometimes gotta look away
    Sometimes you just gotta know
    When to stick your middle finger up in the air
    I cannot explain
    Tell you how I feel
    Life is just a game
    And I’m playing for the win

    Don’t be scared to say just what you think
    ‘Cause no matter how bad, someone’s listening

    Don’t care what you say
    Don’t care how you feel
    Get out of my way
    ‘Cause I got a heart of steel

    Don’t care what you say
    Or how you feel
    Oh, I got a heart of steel

    You just like to act a fool
    Tryna get in my head like
    When I turn on my headlights
    I can see right through you
    Tryna get a reaction
    I just hit the action move

    Despite the pain
    I keep on fighting
    The world is burning, and you act

    Don’t be scarеd to say just what you think
    ‘Cause no matter how bad, someonе’s listening

    Don’t care what you say
    Don’t care how you feel
    Get out of my way
    ‘Cause I got a heart of steel

    Don’t care what you say
    Or how you feel
    Oh, I got a heart of steel
     
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    When you write "different," do you mean "chosen?"

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/chosen-people

    "Chosen people, the Jewish people, as expressed in the idea that they have been chosen by God as his special people.

    "The term implies that the Jewish people have been chosen by God to worship only him and to fulfill the mission of proclaiming his truth among all the nations of the world."
     
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    zalekbloom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    No, when I said "Jews are treated different way than non Jew" I mean treatment by humans. I am religious Pastafarian and I don't believe that the only true God chose Jews as 'chosen people'.
     
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    I think the problem is anti-semitism. It is a popular notion these days.
     
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    so you think the song is not political? I ask as I have not heard it and do not know....
     
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    Thank god.
    I was afraid Bibi had dispatched the Flying Spaghetti Monster to Gaza:oldman:
     
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    Cause the situations are not the same. Israel is murdering a bunch of kids and Ukraine is fighting an army that is also murdering a bunch of kids.
     
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    There's also a similarity of US enabling the Jews to commit genocide in Palestine and US support for a far-right, anti-Russian coup in Ukraine in 2014, inciting a civil war that was responsible for over 14,000 deaths by 2022.

    For those concerned about the rise of China posing a threat to US hegemony, Palestine and Ukraine are distractions, at best:

    https://eightify.app/summary/politi...ghts-on-israel-hamas-ukraine-russia-and-china

    "The United States is facing significant challenges and losing focus on containing China due to its involvement in conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, hindering its ability to address the threat posed by China and maintain a stable international order."
     
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    zalekbloom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Of course situation is not the same, one is Ukrainian country, the other is Jewish country. The status of Eurovision competition says 'no political songs' - but it is applied to Jewish country only.
    On Oct 7 Israel was attacked, about 1000 civilians were murdered, women were raped, women, old people and children were kidnapped. Israel gave warning which areas will bomb, but Hamas prevented civilian population from leaving. And the most amazing thing is that all world believes that numbers supplied by fundamental terrorist organization which ruled Gaza from 2008 without any election, killing and jailing opposition is telling truth about numbers of killed civilians. There is very simple way to stop the war in Gaza - terrorist organization which murdered civilians, raped women, kidnapped women, old people and children will surrender or leave Gaza.
     
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    Is there some reason I should care?
     

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