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Government To Bring Icelanders Home From Israel
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, announced on October 8 that a decision had been made to charter an Icelandair plane to pick up the Icelandic group in Tel Aviv due to the ongoing war in Israel and Palestine, reports…
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VIDEO: Solidarity With Palestine Demonstration At Iceland’s Parliament Well Attended
Some 300 to 400 people turned out at Austurvöllur, the square in front of Iceland’s Parliament, this afternoon, where songs were sung, speeches were made, and a statement was read from the nine Palestinian refugees recently evicted from their own housing by…
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Multiple Parliamentary Parties Condemn Attacks On Gaza
MPs for the Social Democrats, the Reform Party and the Centre Party in Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee moved to have their condemnation of the IDF air strikes on Gaza made a matter of public record yesterday, RÚV reports. Fréttablaðið reports that an…
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Iceland’s Eurovision Host Accused Of ‘Political Propaganda’ By Centre Party MP
Gísli Marteinn Baldursson, a broadcaster at RÚV and long-time host of the Eurovision Song Contest, made some remarks during last night’s performance that has drawn the ire of an MP for the Centre Party. Just before Israel’s Eurovision act, Eden Alene, was…
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VIDEO: Demonstrators Show Solidarity With Palestine At Summit Meeting
Some 60 people gathered in front of Harpa Concert Hall this morning, where US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will meet with Iceland’s Foreign Minister Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, as demonstrators show their solidarity with Palestine. Attendees included Efling chair Solveig Anna Jónsdóttir…
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Foreign Minister Rules Out Boycotting Israel Over Gaza Attacks
At the time of this writing, nearly 200 Palestinians, including 58 children, have been killed by Israeli bombardments of Gaza, while ten Israelis have been killed by rocket fire from Hamas. On Saturday, Israeli forces leveled a building housing the Associated Press,…
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Foreign Minister, Leading Coalition Party Condemn Israel’s Attacks On Palestinians
Attacks on Gaza have intensified, with Israeli air strikes so far killing 119 Palestinians, including 31 children, and Israeli troops have amassed on the border, while rockets fired from Gaza have thus far killed seven people, including one child. Meanwhile, evictions of…
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Demonstration In Solidarity With Palestine To Be Held At Parliamentary Building Today
As Palestinians are being forcibly evicted from Sheikh Jarrah, a Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, and much of the world has been gripped by emerged video footage of Israeli troops firing on worshippers in the Al Aqsa mosque, the situation is now…
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Two Icelanders Arrested By Israeli Forces While Helping With Olive Harvest, Later Released
Two Icelandic women, former Reykjavík City Councilperson Björk Vilhelmsdóttir and Tinna Eyberg, were taken into custody by Israeli forces while picking olives in Palestine for the International Women’s Peace Service. They were released less than two hours later. Sveinn Rúnar Hauksson, Björk’s…
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Icelandic Public Broadcasting Fined For Hatari’s Palestinian Flag Statement
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has decided to fine Icelandic public broadcasting (RÚV) €5,000 for Hatari’s displaying of the Palestinian flag during the live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest last May, RÚV reports. RÚV has issued a statement objecting to the…
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Queer Musician Bashar Murad: “Just Being Palestinian Is Political”
Few Icelanders had any knowledge of musician Bashar Murad until May, when anti-capitalist BDSM techno lads Hatari dropped a post-Eurovision video—shot in Palestine during the Israel-hosted competition—for a new song called “Klefi/Samed.” Co-written with Bashar, the single spotlights his powerful, haunting vocals,…
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VIDEO: Bashar Murad And Hatari Release New Single, Video Shot In Palestine
Anti-capitalist anarcho-technoclash BDSM enfants terribles Hatari were apparently up to a lot more than Eurovision while in Israel. A new single and video called Klefi/Samed (صامد) has just been released, featuring both Hatari and queer Palestinian musician Bashar Murad. Living in East…
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Response To Hatari’s Performance At Eurovision Swift, Drawing Praise And Condemnation
Last Saturday, anti-capitalist BDSM technocore art rockers Hatari finished in 10th place at the Eurovision Song Contest held in Tel Aviv, but it was not their song, ‘Hatrið Mun Sigra’, which elicited the strongest response—rather, it was their displaying scarves stylised after…
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Eurovisions: Hatari, Israel and Allyship
Since their formation in 2015, Hatari—an anti-capitalist synth-techno band comprising core members Matthías Tryggvi Haraldsson, Klemens Hannigan and Einar Hrafn Stefánsson, alongside numerous contributors—have provoked, excited, and defied expectations. Their live shows come replete with theatrical staging, gothic-industrial aesthetics and BDSM overtones,…
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Eurovision Stars Hatari In Tel Aviv: “We Hope To See An End To The Occupation”
In their first press conference since arriving in Tel Aviv for Eurovision, anarcho-transhumanist technosynth provocateurs Hatari spoke frankly about the aims of their visit. Hatari departed for Tel Aviv last Friday to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. Their participation has come…
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The Apolitical Eurovision: Calls For Hatari To Withdraw From Eurovision Intensify
The annual Eurovision Song Contest is right around the corner, and as that fateful date approaches, calls for Hatari to be booted from the competition have grown louder, coming this time from the Simon Wiesenthal Centre and UK Lawyers for Israel. In…
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Palestinian Group Urges Hatari To Withdraw From Eurovision
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is urging Hatari to withdraw from Eurovision in order to show support for the Palestinian people, rather than perform with a statement of solidarity. As reported, Hatari have from the…
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Iceland Will Not Boycott Eurovision 2019
Iceland will take part in Eurovision next year, scheduled to be held in Tel Aviv. Numerous musicians, bands, and associated Eurovision players have signed a statement calling upon the world to boycott participation. Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson, the director of programming at Icelandic public…
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Over 16,500 People in Iceland Sign Petition To Withdraw From Eurovision In Israel
More than 16,500 people in Iceland, and rising, have recently signed an online petition to withdraw from the next Eurovision contest that will be held in Israel in 2019. Further, the Icelander who made Eurovision matter to Icelanders – Páll Óskar –…
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Icelandic Politician Objects To Eurovision Ban Of Palestinian Flag
Eurovision has banned flying the Palestinian flag, amongst others, at the event, and one Icelandic politician is taking a personal stand on the matter. As has been extensively reported, a list of flags Eurovision will be banning from the event was recently…
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NEWS IN BRIEF: LATE SEPTEMBER EDITION
Things have taken a turn for the better where Iceland’s acceptance of Syrian refugees is concerned. The Icelandic government voted in favour of offering 2 billion ISK in assistance to go towards welcoming the refugees brought to Iceland, assisting refugee relief efforts…
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“A STUPID, BROKE COUNTRY FILLED WITH DRUNKS AND WHORES” DRAWS ISRAEL’S IRE
As a publication, we aim to promote discourse, dialogue and a free exchange of ideas. We thus welcome any opinion to our pages, so long as they’re interesting, and not, like, crazy racist or hateful (send all your interesting, non-racist, non-crazy, non-hateful…
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Parliamentary Opposition Submits Their Own Proposal On Israeli Products
A parliamentary proposal has just been submitted which calls on the government to label products imported from occupied Palestinian territories. While much focus has been on Reykjavík Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson’s recent decision to rescind a city hall boycott on buying products…