Israel's Yuval Raphael performing during Saturday night's Eurovision final

The protesters who were removed from this year’s Eurovision final have spoken out after a video of one of them being roughly handled by the event’s security time was widely shared on social media.

Eurovision bosses have confirmed that two people were removed from the arena in Basel, Switzerland on Saturday night, after they “tried to get over a barrier onto the stage” during the Israeli act’s performance.

A spokesperson explained: “One of the two agitators threw paint and a crew member was hit. The crew member is fine and nobody was injured.

“The man and the woman were taken out of the venue and handed over to the police.”

A video appearing to show one of them being accosted by security has accrued hundreds of thousands of views on X at the time of writing, with many criticising the team member’s heavy-handed approach.

Eurovision security assaulting a demonstrator to protect their genocide barbie on stage #escpic.twitter.com/43J7kx10pI

The pair – who have identified themselves as David and Meaghan from the activism group Youth Demand – posted their own video on Sunday evening.

In the two-minute video, Meaghan said that they had taken action “against Israeli........

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