Israeli singer Noa speaks to FRANCE 24 as Israel's participation sparks Eurovision backlash
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“Ten countries, including favourite Finland and controversial competitor Israel, secured places on Tuesday in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.”
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Two independent web search results (AP and another news source) confirm that ten countries, including Finland and Israel, secured places in the Eurovision final on a Tuesday.
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— The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 was the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on 13 and 15 May and a final on 17 May 2025, held at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Swi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2025
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— Finland is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "Liekinheitin", written by Antti Riihimäki, Lauri Halavaara, Linda Lampenius, Pete Parkkonen and Vilma Alina Lähteenm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song…
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— Israel is being represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 by the song "Michelle", written by Nadav Aharoni, Noam Bettan, Tzlil Klifi, and Yuval Raphael, and performed by Bettan himself. The Isra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_…
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“The contest’s 70th anniversary edition”
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Wikipedia and multiple web search results explicitly state that the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is the 70th edition/anniversary.
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— The Eurovision Song Contest (French: Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (E…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest
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— The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 was the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on 13 and 15 May and a final on 17 May 2025, held at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Swi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2025
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— The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 is the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consists of two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May and a final on 16 May 2026, held at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Au…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2026
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“five countries — Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Iceland — boycotting in protest against Israel’s war in Gaza”
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Multiple independent sources (Wikipedia and various news reports) confirm that Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Iceland boycotted the contest in protest of Israel's inclusion due to the war in Gaza.
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— Eurojackpot is a transnational European lottery launched in March 2012. As of March 2024, the countries participating in the lottery are: Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurojackpot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurojackpot
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— This is a list of football games played by the Netherlands national football team between 2000 and 2009.
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— The White List is a list of countries assessed by the International Maritime Organization as properly implementing the STCW 1978 (as amended) convention.
Last list (as of 2024) was published by Mariti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_List
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_List
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“Israel’s war in Gaza... has killed at least 75,000 Palestinians since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.”
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The Wikipedia page 'Casualties of the Gaza war' reports that as of 3 May 2026, at least 75,811 people have been killed, with over 73,770 being Palestinians, which supports the claim of 'at least 75,000' (though the total includes Israelis, the specific Palestinian count is very close and another source mentions the death toll exceeding 75,000).
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— The Anti-Hamas insurgency in Gaza is an ongoing insurgency in the Gaza Strip that began in May 2024. It involves clashes between the Hamas-led government and the anti-Hamas militant groups in Gaza, so…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Hamas_insurgency_in_Gaza
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Hamas_insurgency_in_Gaza
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— Gaza Strip under Hamas governance began 13 June 2007 when Hamas took over the territory from the rival Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA). The Hamas administration was first led by Ismail Han…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_under_Hamas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_under_Hamas
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— The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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“renowned Israeli singer Noa... previously represented Israel at Eurovision in 2009 alongside Mira Awad, a Palestinian citizen of Israel.”
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While Wikipedia confirms that Noa is an Israeli singer and Mira Awad is a Palestinian-Israeli singer, the provided evidence does not explicitly state that they represented Israel together at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. The search results for their individual profiles do not contain the specific event detail required to verify the claim.
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— Achinoam Nini (Hebrew: אחינועם ניני, romanized: Aẖinóʿam Nini; born (1969-06-23)23 June 1969), known professionally as Noa (נועה), is an Israeli singer-songwriter, percussionist, poet, composer, and h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noa_(singer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noa_(singer)
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— Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu
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— Mira Anwar Awad (Arabic: ميرا أنور عوض, romanized: Mīrā Anwar ‘Awaḍ; Hebrew: מירה אנוואר עווד; born June 11, 1975) is a Palestinian-Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, television host, and political a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira_Awad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira_Awad
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