Israel: The country’s President is trying to resolve the issue with EBU | “It is important for us to participate”!
According to the statements of the President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, efforts are being made on his part for Israel to participate normally in Eurovision 2024, overcoming the problems that have been created with the lyrics of the song, KAN has chosen for its Eurovision entry.
President Isaac Herzog is trying to help resolve the dispute that has arisen between Israel’s public broadcaster and the EBU over the lyrics of the song chosen by the KAN committee for Eden Golan to compete in Eurovision 2024.
“I think it is important for Israel to appear at Eurovision and this is also a statement because there are haters who try to drive us out of every stage,” the president said at a conference in Jerusalem, according to Jewish media reports.
“Being smart isn’t just about being right,” he adds, implying that even if everyone in Israel thinks the lyrics of the song shouldn’t be changed, it’s more important to be smart and not be absent from the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, something that many around the world have been trying to achieve in various ways lately.
We remind you that the EBU, again according to reports, does not approve the lyrics of October Rain, considering that they contain political content. On the other hand, KAN has declared that it does not intend to change the lyrics of the song and that if the EBU does not approve it, it will withdraw from the competition. The intervention of the country’s first citizen brings a new twist to the case. We await the developments with interest.
October Rain lyrics:
The writers of history
Stand by me
Look into my eyes and you will see
People go but never say goodbye
Someone stole the moon tonight
Took my light
Everything is black and white
Who is the fool who told you?
That boys don’t cry
Hours and hours and flowers
Life is not a game for cowards
Why does time go crazy?
Every day I lose my mind
Clinging to this mysterious journey
Dancing up a storm
We have nothing to hide
Take me home
Leave the world behind
And I promise you never again
I’m still wet from the October rain
October rain
Live in fantasy
In ecstasy
Everything is meant to be
We will die, but love never will
Hours and hours and flowers
Life is not a game for cowards
Why does time go crazy?
Every day I lose my mind
Clinging to this mysterious journey
Dancing up a storm
We have nothing to hide
Take me home
And leave the world behind
And I promise you never again
I’m still wet from the October rain
October rain
October rain
(This part will be in Hebrew)
There is no air left to breathe
There is no place, I am not there day by day
They are all good kids, one by one
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