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Interview with Icelandic Eurovision band Hatari

2018’s winner Netta Barzilai frequently claims that neither she nor Eurovision is political. Haifa-born, Berlin-based musician Rasha Nahas says that Palestinian artists do not have this privilege. In truth, there is no escaping the politics and Icelandic Eurovision entrants Hatari discuss this and their time on tour in Hebron in this interesting interview.

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What is Eurovision and why is it so important this year?

– by Alexander Jones –  On May 12, 2018, Israel’s Netta Barzilai won the Eurovision Song Conquest with her song ‘Toy’. Tradition holds that the winning country will host the competition the following year, so 2019’s edition will take place next week in Tel Aviv. Non-Europeans are usually puzzled by what the contest is all […]

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Scrutinizing Normalization

By Miri –  According to Aziz Abu Sarah “there are as many definitions [of normalization] as there are Palestinians themselves”. Normalization, according to him, developed into a catch-all argument against any cooperative effort with Israel, ranging from the relations between Arab states and Israel, to having any contact whatsoever with Israelis, or even Jews on […]

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Boycott Israel?

By Miri –  The international movement calling for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel was inspired by its South African counterpart, which after decades of struggle is said to have been a major player in the process of successfully dismantling the South African Apartheid system. Whether or not BDS against Israel is a justified […]

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