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Moment Israeli singer Eden Golan's Eurovision performance is nearly drowned out by boos and chants of 'Free Palestine' in chaotic scenes
Israel's Eurovision performance has been booed and faced with chants of 'Free Palestine' in chaotic scenes.
Eden Golan was nearly drowned out by the demonstrators chanting against her nation while she performed 'Hurricane' during the Eurovision Song Contest's Jury Show last night.
Videos shared online show pro-Palestine activists disrupting almost her entire performance, with people in the crowd calling the atmosphere 'horrible'.
The 20-year-old singer, who was born in Israel but grew up in Russia, has faced death threats ahead of her performances at the Malmo Arena in Sweden in the competition this week.
It comes after calls for Israel to be barred from competing in Eurovision following the war in Gaza, which has seen 33,000 Palestinians killed after Hamas launched a series of terrorist attacks.
Eden Golan pictured performing her song Hurricane during rehearsal at the Malmo Arena on Wednesday
Footage showed members of the crowd booing and shouting during Golan's performance on Wednesday night
Ms Golan had caused controversy after she was accused of referencing the kidnapping and killing Israelis on October 7 by militant group Hamas with the lyrics of her original song, October Rain.
This was later replaced by Hurricane, a soulful and heartfelt track that was then approved by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which runs the event.
The protest during her performance took place during the jury show, which is held before the televised programme to allow jurors to give their scores early in case there are issues with the voting later on.
The arena was full of thousands of people who have flocked to the city of Malmo in south Sweden for Eurovision, the grand final of which is set to take place on Saturday.
Following her performance people shared videos on social media showing people booing while Golan was singing, with some in attendance describing it as 'horrible'.
One person wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: 'The atmosphere inside the arena was horrible. You could feel the tension. Shouts of 'free Palestine' in the quiet parts. Booing audible in places. People arguing in the standing section.'
Another person, who posted a video of boos raining down on the singer, added: 'The atmosphere was so uncomfortable.'
One person who claimed he was there and taking part in the protest said he was threatened by security.
He wrote: Israel just performed at the preview show and as I was booing and screaming Free Palestine security was telling me to shush and implying I'll be kicked out. Sorry EBU, you might endorse a genocide, but you can't censor people's voices for peace!'
One person in the crowd said they had taken part in the protest and admitted to booing and shouting 'Free Palestine' at the singer
Ms Golan (pictured here during her second dress rehearsal) has been targeted by death threats for taking part in the show
Ahead of this year's competition the EBU had said it would allow 'peaceful' protests.
In a statement it said: 'The EBU is a firm advocate for freedom of speech and the right for people to express their deeply held views and opinions.
'We understand that people may wish to make their voices heard and support the right of those who wish to demonstrate peacefully.'
MailOnline has contacted Eurovision organisers for comment.
There have been calls from pressure group Queers for Palestine for the UK's entrant Olly Alexander - who has signed a letter calling for a ceasefire in Gaza - to refuse to participate.
Finnish, Swedish, Irish and Icelandic musical artists have also called for Israel to be prevented from competing and for their acts to not go along to the contest.
On April 25, protests were held outside the BBC's Broadcasting House in London by the LGTBQ+ solidarity group Queers For Palestine. Similar demonstrations were also held in Barcelona, Amsterdam Reykjavik.
This is not the first time there has been calls for a boycott, in 2019 when the contest was held in Tel Aviv, artists including former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters, electronic music pioneer Brian Eno and movie directors Ken Loach and Mike Leigh urged musicians not to attend.
They were criticised by Stephen Fry, Sharon Osbourne, Kiss frontman Gene Simmons, who signed an open letter from the non-profit organisation Creative Community for Peace.
Before the contest had even begun Ms Golan become a target for death threats and harassment.
Israel's national security agency Shin Bet had even warned her not to leave her hotel room except for performances because Malmo is anticipating a wave of pro- Palestinian demonstrations in the coming days.
Around 20,000 protesters are expected to descend on the city this week, demonstrating against Israel's inclusion in the annual show.
Swedish police will get reinforcements from Denmark and Norway, and there will be more officers on the streets carrying 'heavier weapons' as security is heightened amid concerns the protests could lead to unrest and an increased threat of terrorism.
Despite the fears over her safety, Ms Golan says she has received a lot of support and hasn't seen any negative comments about her previous song October Rain, which was turned down by organisers.
Commentators thought some of the original lyrics, like 'There is no air left to breathe' and 'They were all good children, every one of them', were about victims of the Hamas attack.
'I was kind of shocked when the European Broadcasting Union didn't approve the song,' Ms Golan said.
'I don't think the first version was political. The song is about a girl going through her own problems, her own emotions. It wasn't anything to do with October 7.'
Israel 's Eurovision hopeful Eden Golan has been told to only come out of her hotel room to perform over fears for her safety
The 20-year-old arrived in host city Malmo, in Sweden, on Tuesday afternoon for rehearsals and will reportedly be under round-the-clock bodyguard protection
Eden Golan performing. Israel were told to change the lyrics of its song submission for this year's competition or risk being disqualified
At first, the Israeli state-owned TV network Kan, which supplied the song, said it would rather Eden dropped out of the competition than change the lyrics.
It was only after an intervention by the country's President Isaac Herzog, who called for the 'necessary adjustments', that it relented.
Ms Golan told the Mail that the controversy 'caught me off guard'.
She said: 'I was shocked and confused. But when they said we had to change the lyrics, I said: 'Let's do everything possible to make it happen.'
'I feel like us participating in Eurovision this year is very important, and has much more meaning than any other year.'
After several revisions, October Rain was renamed as Hurricane and now tells the story of a woman emerging from a personal crisis.
Musically, it's the same song but the lyrics are more generic, the references to the massacre replaced with phrases like 'every day, I'm losing my mind' and 'I'm still broken from this hurricane'.
The end of the song, which Golan sings in Hebrew, has also been altered.
The original pay-off, which had references to poisoned air and dead children have been changed to: 'No need for big words, only prayers. Even if it's hard to see, you always leave me one small light.'
The singer – who arrived in the city last week sporting a yellow pin, symbolising support for the release of hostages held by Hamas – insists that she is safe in Malmo despite the threats against her.
'I'm getting a lot of love and support from my family and from the professional team that has become like a family.'
She added: 'Protests are of course not pleasant,but I can't wait to be there on stage and try to make people feel something in the three minutes that I have. I'm very focused in my mission.'