5-14-20109 Music in the rubble: Palestinians stage defiant concert in Gaza ahead of Eurovision - Motasem A Dalloul Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/music-rubble-palestinians-stage-defiant-concert-gaza-ahead-eurovision

As Israel rolls out red carpets for the Eurovision music contest it's hosting this week, Palestinian musicians in Gaza have taken to a much different stage.In the rubble of an eight-storey residential building destroyed in recent Israeli air strikes, the performers on Tuesday inaugurated Gazavision, an event they say aims to present a defiant and peaceful critique of Israeli policies - through song. The venue was not chosen by accident…

For the event's organisers - a group called Jusour (Arabic for "bridges") - the decision to hold the performance where the Abu Qamar building once stood was symbolic.  "We want to send a message to the Israeli occupation that Gaza will not surrender. Like the phoenix when it is turned to ashes, Gaza will rise again," 22-year-old Salem Harara, one of the organisers, told Middle East Eye… Kamel Musallam, another coordinator for the event, told MEE that the concert was part of a global campaign calling for the boycott of this year's Eurovision contest.Israel won the 2018 Eurovision competition, granting it hosting rights for this year's show - despite outrage from Palestinians and their supporters.  According to the members of Jusour, Eurovision is "art-washing ... Israeli crimes"….

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