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Iceland fined for Eurovision pro-Palestinian protestAFP , Sunday 22 Sep 2019 Organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest said Saturday they had fined Iceland after the band it entered displayed scarves with Palestinian flags during the contest's final in Israel.Iceland's group Hatari brandished scarves with Palestinian flags when the final results were being announced at the end of the event, which was held last May in Tel Aviv.Contest organisers the European Broadcasting Union said Saturday in a statement sent to AFP that the gesture infringed their rules banning political gestures.Read more at: http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/33/351301/Arts--Culture/Music/Iceland-fined-for-Eurovision-proPalestinian-protes.aspx
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