Israel has launched a PR campaign to counter calls for a boycott of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest final in Tel Aviv.
JERUSALEM - Israel has launched a PR campaign to counter calls for a boycott of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest final in Tel Aviv, using Google ads which refer to the boycott but lead to a glossy website extolling Israel.
Internet advertisements on Google featuring the words"boycott" and"Eurovision" encourage searchers to click on a link that, in fact, leads them to a pro-Israel website which - in a play on the BDS initials - extols Israel as"Beautiful, Diverse, Sensational". "After its theft of Palestinian land and culture, Israel is now trying to appropriate a symbol of our nonviolent resistance," said Alia Malak, of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel , which oversees the BDS movement's academic and cultural campaigns.
Security was tight during preparations amid fears that activists may seek to disrupt the competition. Last year New Zealand pop singer Lorde cancelled a planned trip to Israel, and Argentina's football team, with its star player Lionel Messi, called off a friendly match against Israel. BDS dismissed the allegations as"propaganda lies." A spokesman for Twitter said it had"suspended a small group of accounts for violating regular spam rules."
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