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Hours before the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, pro-Palestinian demonstrators have demanded Finnish broadcaster Yle boycott the show on Saturday. Some 40 people gathered in the broadcaster’s lobby, holding up protest posters and Palestinian flags, Yle reported. An Israeli contestant, Eden Golan, has reached the semifinals but there has been increasing controversy about the inclusion of Israel in the contest as the humanitarian situation in Gaza worsens. Demonstrator Wilhelm Blomberg told Hufvudstadsbladet newspaper that they would not prevent Yle’s employees from doing their work, but w…

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