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Singing for peace?

Updated on 12 May 2009

By Channel 4 News

Arab and Jew singing in harmony for Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest sounds great in some ways, but More4 News asks is all what it seems?

Singers

This week it's the Eurovision Song Contest, usually a festival not only of saccharine pop but also of political intrigue and controversy.

The first semi-final is tonight. One of the year's more interesting entries is that from Israel - a song which as well as sounding nice, presents a united vision of Jews and Arab citizens of Israel living in harmony with one another.

Perhaps inevitably, it's created a storm of controversy. For More 4 News, Inigo Gilmore reports.

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