Finnish Eurovision singer filmed dancing with Israel’s Eden Golan demands the video be removed and distances himself from her after receiving hateful messages from Palestine supporters

Finland‘s Eurovision singer who was filmed dancing with Israel’s Eden Golan has demanded the video be removed and distanced himself from her after he received a backlash from supporters of Palestine.

Jere Mikael Pöyhönen – known by his stage name Käärijä, who came second performing for his country at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest – was filmed in the brief ten second clip headbanging with Golan in a corridor.

The 20-year-old Israeli singer is seen counting the pair in before singing a line from Käärijä’s ‘Cha Cha Cha’ together, which became a cult hit last year. They are then seen laughing and clasping hands before the video ends.

The seemingly innocuous clip was posted online by various sources including Kan – the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, Golan herself and the the official Eurovision X account, along with the message: ‘Eden Golan & Käärijä in new video!’.

However, it was shared amid …