Not long after waving Palestinian banners during the Eurovision grand final on Saturday, the Icelandic group Hatari published a banner with the Palestinian flag on their official Instagram page. On the group's Instagram account, three pictures that created a flag of Palestine were posted, with no other writing or description to it.On the Eurovision stage on Saturday night, band members of the techno-punk group unrolled several banners reading “Palestine” and decorated with the Palestinian flag while in the Green Room during vote counting.
Hatari, a BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism) techno-punk band/performance art group has made harsh criticism of Israel before the song contest. “It is really absurd to allow a state that repeatedly violates human rights to participate in such a competition, whether the state is called Israel, Russia, Qatar or anything else,” the band said in an interview to the Icelandic newspaper Stundin in February.
Hatari, a BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism) techno-punk band/performance art group has made harsh criticism of Israel before the song contest. “It is really absurd to allow a state that repeatedly violates human rights to participate in such a competition, whether the state is called Israel, Russia, Qatar or anything else,” the band said in an interview to the Icelandic newspaper Stundin in February.
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if(window.location.pathname.indexOf("656089") != -1){console.log("hedva connatix");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";}“If Iceland’s contestant does not use their influence to point out the obvious, the absurdity of frolicking and dancing at the same time as millions live just a few miles away with reduced freedom and constant uncertainty about their own well-being and safety, then we have failed. If Iceland’s contestant ignores the fact that the competition is inherently political, he does little to diminish the need for a critical conversation about Israel.”Following the band's showing of the Palestinian flags, the EBU commented on Sunday morning claiming that “The Eurovision Song Contest is a non-political event and this directly contradicts the contest rules.”
