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Calls for RTÉ to Boycott Eurovision Over Israel’s Participation

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Protesters gathered outside the broadcaster's campus in Donnybrook last night.

RTÉ is being called on to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel's inclusion in the competition.

Protesters gathered outside the broadcaster's campus in Donnybrook last night and also called for Israel's national broadcaster KAN to be banned.

The demonstrators, some donning keffiyehs, waved Palestinian flags and displayed banners bearing slogans.

Organizers held a mini-concert that included brief speeches and musical performances featuring anti-war and pro-Palestinian songs.

Trevor Keegan, Chairman of an RTÉ sub-branch of the NUJ, expects the organisation to come under further pressure to act:
 

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