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Peace activists protest before the presentation of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest participants in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, May 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Peace activists protest before the presentation of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest participants in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, May 12, 2019. Source: AP

In the early hours of Wednesday, Australian time [[May 15]], Australia’s Kate-Miller Heidke will take to the Eurovision stage in Tel-Aviv for the first semi-final. But the talk of this year’s contest so far has been a boycott campaign backed by supporters of the Palestinian territories.

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In the early hours of Wednesday, Australian time [[May 15]], Australia’s Kate-Miller Heidke will take to the Eurovision stage in Tel-Aviv for the first semi-final. But the talk of this year’s contest so far has been a boycott campaign backed by supporters of the Palestinian territories.

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