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Public broadcaster Kan says Israeli President Herzog has known as for the track's adjustment attributable to its political content material.
Israel has reportedly requested songwriters to switch the nation's proposed Eurovision Tune Contest entries, doubtlessly resulting in a dispute with organizers over political content material.
In a press release on Sunday, Israeli public broadcaster Kan mentioned President Isaac Herzog had known as for “essential changes” to make sure Israel's inclusion within the occasion, which it has gained 4 occasions.
Officers mentioned final week that Israel wouldn’t be capable to take part on this yr's version of the competition, which can be held in Sweden in Might, if organizers rejected the track chosen to symbolize the nation. Eurovision guidelines ban political content material.
The track chosen as Israel's entry within the contest – October Rain – reportedly references the victims of the October 7 Hamas assaults on southern Israel that sparked the continued conflict in Gaza.
The Israeli broadcaster “has contacted the lyricists of the 2 chosen songs, 'October Rain' which was chosen in first place and 'Dance Endlessly' which got here in second place, and requested them to rewrite the texts, whereas preserving their inventive freedom. “, the assertion mentioned.
“From among the many new texts to be proposed, Kan will choose the track that can be despatched to the Eurovision Supervisory Committee, in order that it will probably approve Israel's participation within the contest.”
The chosen track, carried out by 20-year-old Russian-Israeli singer Eden Golan, can be launched on March 10, the assertion mentioned.
A line from October Rain's unique track goes: “They have been all good youngsters, each considered one of them.”
“There's no air left to breathe, there's no room left for me,” the track ends, in line with Kan, who has revealed the track in full on his web site.
Israel turned the primary non-European nation to enter Eurovision in 1973, and its participation and internet hosting of the occasion has usually drawn controversy.
In 2019, the Icelandic band Hatari, who beforehand challenged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a Nordic people wrestling match, made pro-Palestinian statements throughout the vote counting in Tel Aviv.
Organizers additionally reprimanded American pop icon Madonna as a result of her dancers violated political neutrality guidelines by carrying Israeli and Palestinian flags of their costumes.
This yr's competitors is happening towards the backdrop of a conflict triggered by a Hamas assault, which resulted within the deaths of 1,139 individuals in Israel.
Based on Israeli officers, Hamas fighters took about 250 individuals captive, 130 of whom are nonetheless in Gaza, though 31 are believed to have been killed.
Israel's navy response has killed not less than 30,410 individuals in Gaza, in line with the well being ministry within the Hamas-run territory.
After organizers banned October Rain final week for breaking guidelines on political neutrality, Kan insisted she had “no intention of fixing the track”, and threatened to withdraw from the competition.
However Herzog harassed “that exactly at a time when those that hate us search to suppress and boycott the State of Israel” that the nation should “increase its voice … loud and clear on each world stage From”, the Cannes assertion on Sunday mentioned.
Final month, Eurovision organizer the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) rejected calls for that Israel be barred from getting into the competition because of the bombing of Gaza.