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Charlotte McLaughlin

‘Silent’ pro-Palestinian protest to be held in Basel streets during Eurovision

Hosts Hazel Brugger, left and Sandra Studer (Martin Meissner/AP) - (AP)

Pro-Palestinian protesters have planned to walk the streets of Basel “silently” to demonstrate against Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Local group Basel for Palestine urged its marchers not to make any “chants or slogans” as they walk across the Swiss host city on Wednesday on the anniversary of Israel’s creation as a state on May 14 1948.

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