Crew reportedly assigned the band middle seats at the back of the plane, saying 'this is what they get' in response to political statements at the song contest
May 23, 2019 08:52
Iceland's Eurovision entry is reportedly considering legal action against El Al for giving them the "worst" seats for their flight home, allegedly for their anti-Israel statements, including flying Palestinian flags during the show.
The three members of Hatari, the techno-punk rock band, were each given a middle seat in the back three rows of the flight from Tel Aviv to London after the competition.
In the lead-up to the competition, the band called Israel “an apartheid state”.
The band members were warned by the European Broadcasting Union that they would be disqualified if they included any political statements in their performance.
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