Fatah Facebook posts call to boycott Eurovision in Israel
Images posted in separate posts on the official Fatah Facebook page, in response to Eurovision song contest being held in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 14-18, 2019
In the upper left corner of the image is the logo of the independent Palestinian news website Days of Palestine; the logo is made of the letters “d” and “P” with the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel as “Palestine” together with the PA areas between them, and next to it the words “Days of Palestine” in English. On the right of the image is a picture of singer Madonna.
Text on image in English: “Don’t let your music cover up injustice.
#MadonnaDontGo #BoycottEurovision2019”
In the upper left corner of the image is the logo of Days of Palestine. On the right of the image is a picture of singer Madonna.
Text on image in English: “#MadonnaDontGo
If you believe in human rights
#MadonnaDontGo #BoycottEurovision2019”
In the upper left corner of the image is the logo of Days of Palestine. On the right of the image is a picture of an Israeli security wall, and on it graffiti showing a man raising a Palestinian flag.
Text on image in English: “Israel cannot hide military occupation & apartheid behind Eurovision 2019!
#MadonnaDontGo #BoycottEurovision2019”
In the upper left corner of the image is the logo of Days of Palestine. On the right of the image is a picture of Israeli soldiers detaining a Palestinian boy who was involved in violent riots in Hebron on Feb. 23, 2018.
Text on image in English: “Israel using Eurovision to distract attention from its crimes
#MadonnaDontGo #BoycottEurovision2019”
In the upper left corner of the image is the logo of Days of Palestine. On the right of the image is a picture of an Israeli soldier attempting to detain Muhammad Tamimi – the brother of Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi who was arrested for assaulting Israeli soldiers and calling for suicide bombings – as he took part in violent riots in Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah, on Aug. 28, 2015. The soldier was assaulted by Tamimi’s family, including Ahed Tamimi who bit his hand, and the soldier eventually left Muhammad Tamimi without detaining him.
Text on image in English: “Israel uses art to whitewash its war crimes against Palestinian people.
#MadonnaDontGo #BoycottEurovision2019”
Ahed Tamimi – Female Palestinian teenager who assaulted Israeli soldiers on Dec. 15, 2017, and promoted suicide bombings in a filmed message immediately afterwards. After serving 8 months in prison, she met with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on July 29, 2018, who called her "a role model for the Palestinian struggle." Tamimi was arrested again on Nov. 6, 2023, after writing the following incitement on her Instagram Story on Oct. 29, 2023, during Hamas' terror war on Israel: "Our message to the settler herds... We will slaughter you and you will say that what Hitler did to you was a picnic. We will drink your blood and eat your skulls. Go on, we’re waiting for you."