The Independent reports:
Campaign groups No Music for Genocide and BDS call for boycott unless the European Broadcasting Union kicks Israeli broadcaster KAN out of the contest
“As musicians and cultural workers, many living within the reaches of the [EBU], we reject Eurovision being used to whitewash and normalise Israel’s genocide, siege and brutal military occupation against Palestinians,” the letter states, in part.
Artists are calling out the Eurovision Song contest for its double standards over including Israel (Gaza) but excluding Russia (Ukraine).
The EBU has repeatedly defended its decision to allow Israel to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest, despite allegations of hypocrisy after it banned Russia in 2022 in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
Maybe the EBU has finally met it's own Waterloo.