With her high cheekbones and aubergine dye streaking her chestnut hair, Eden Golan looked every bit the Eurovision starlet as she rehearsed her country’s entry ahead of this week’s song contest.
Holding the hopes of a nation is burden enough for any 20-year-old, but since Eden won her ticket to Malmo – the Swedish host city of this year’s competition – she has endured a barrage of death threats. As Israel’s entrant, she has become a lightning rod for hate