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"The Irish don't understand the Israeli Palestinian conflict"

As we all know at this stage tonight Sarah McTernan will try and get out of her Eurovision Semi F...

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18.22 16 May 2019


"The Irish don't understand the Israeli Palestinian conflict"


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18.22 16 May 2019


As we all know at this stage tonight Sarah McTernan will try and get out of her Eurovision Semi Final for Ireland, despite the call for a Boycott all 40 Eurovision countries are performing in Israel. In Ireland there has been a strong call for a Boycott but what do the average Israelis think and could it be that the Irish calling for the Boycott haven't heard the counter argument or perhaps see the Israeli Palestinian conflict as a proxy Northern Ireland Troubles?
Henry McKean went out onto the streets in Tel Aviv to ask.

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