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PLO 'outraged and indignant' over Eurovision ban on Palestinian flag

By JPOST.COM STAFF

APRIL 30, 2016 17:24

Updated: APRIL 30, 2016 17:23

The decision by European broadcasters to ban any display of Palestinian flags during the upcoming Eurovision song contest next month in Sweden provoked outrage in Ramallah.

Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian Authority’s top peace negotiator who recently assumed the post of secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, slammed the decision.

In a letter to the European Broadcasting Union, the body in charge of producing the show, Erekat said that the decision to bar the colors of the PLO was “discriminatory and a serious offense against our nation.”

Erekat’s reaction was first reported by the West Bank-based Ma’an news agency.

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