Activists Stage Palestinian Alternative 'Globalvision'

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TRENDING | Activists staged an alternative to Eurovision called "Globalvision", hoping to bring attention to the Palestinian cause and encourage viewers to maybe boycott the event. Organizer Jo Tyabji discusses with host Sarah Williamson. 

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As the world tunes into the final spectacle of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 on Saturday, the Palestinians are planning to broadcast the alternative ‘Globalvision’ which they hope will detract attention from the Tel Aviv-based event and instead publicize their cause.

The Globalvision online broadcast, presented as a “night of inclusion and diversity,” will go live to performances in London, Dublin, Haifa, Ramallah and Bethlehem.

Under the motto of “Dare to the Dream Together” -- a spin-off of this year's Eurovision slogan, also used by left-wing NGO ‘Breaking the Silence’ to promote tours to the West Bank -- prominent Palestinian musicians will showcase their talents alongside others global artists, including influential British musician Brian Eno.

According to the website, the counter-competition is for viewers “supporting the core principles of the right of all refugees to return, and human rights and dignity for all.”

“This year Eurovision is being used to make us look away,” the promotion video says, urging viewers: “Don’t watch Eurovision, watch Globalvision.”

Considered as a non-event by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), no European TV stations are expected to feature the Palestinian show.

Rather than simply opposing the Israeli event, pro-Palestinian campaigners said they wanted to host a positive show that supports and promotes artists from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

This comes amid a slew of boycott attempts by anti-Israel critics, including a calculated social media battle by the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) movement which repeatedly labels the country an “apartheid” state alongside mounting calls from world-renowned artists such as former Pink Floyd man Roger Waters.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority have said Israel is using the song competition to “normalize the global acceptance of its unlawful conduct."

Israel, in response, has embarked on a counter campaign of misdirection to combat the condemnation.

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