According to nme.com, Eurovision has received calls for an impending boycott after allowing Israel to compete in next year’s competition. Israel has been included on the list of participating contestants in Sweden for 2024, which led many to campaign to have Israel banned from the contest due to the ongoing Israel and Hamas war. According to report by Al Jazeera, at least 10,812 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 7. In Israel, the death toll is more than 1,400.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees have also claimed that nearly 1.9 million people, more than 85 percent of the population in Gaza, have been displaced, which has caused many people on social media to criticize Eurovision’s decision.
In the following comment on person says: “I’m 100% boycotting Eurovision because they decided to include Israel and Azerbaijan despite their atrocities and crimes against humanity. What a nasty organization.”
Despite the protests, the European Broadcasting Union released a statement, saying that they currently have no plans to ban Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest: “The Eurovision Song Contest is a competition for public broadcasters from all over Europe and the Middle East. It is a contest for broadcasters – not for governments – and the Israeli public broadcaster has been participating in the contest for 50 years.”
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