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An inside look at the campus protests; plus, Israel at Eurovision

An inside look at the campus protests; plus, Israel at Eurovision

It's Been a Minute vor 2 Jahren

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Pro-Palestinian protests have been popping up at universities
around the world, and in the last few days things have escalated at
a number of those campuses. Columbia University called on police to
shutdown the encampment on their university lawn and 300 people
were arrested. At University of California Los Angeles, about 200
pro-Israel counter-protestors raided a pro-Palestinian encampment.
To get first hand accounts of the protests, Brittany talks to two
student journalists: Shaanth Nanguneri, an undergraduate reporter
at UCLA, and Claire Davenport, a graduate reporter at Columbia
University in New York.

Then, Eurovision may seem like a quaint, quirky event to Americans
but it's a huge cultural event that easily surpasses the Super Bowl
in terms of global viewership. And for an apolitical event,
Eurovision can teach us a lot about geopolitics. This year, all
eyes are on Israel, which is not European but has been a competitor
since the 70s. With Israel's ongoing conflict in Gaza, there's a
lot of politicking for and against its inclusion at the song
contest. Brittany chats with Eurovision scholar Paul David Flood
about Israel's controversial song and dance at Eurovision... and
why Americans might want to pay attention.

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