00:00More than 1,000 artists, including Massive Attack and Kneecap, have signed an open letter
00:07calling for a boycott of Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in protest of Israel's participation.
00:14The campaign, organized by No Music for Genocide and the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic
00:20and Cultural Boycott of Israel, is calling on the European Broadcasting Union to ban
00:26CAN, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, from the contest in May. Organizers applauded
00:33the five countries, including Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Iceland, which
00:38have withdrawn from this year's contest. The EBU has repeatedly defended its decision to allow
00:45Israel to take part in the Eurovision, despite allegations of hypocrisy. In 2022, the organization
00:52barred Russia from participating in the Eurovision. After its invasion of Ukraine and the ban
00:58remains, Israel has consistently denied that it is committing genocide in Gaza. However,
01:05in September 2025, a United Nations inquiry concluded that Israel is committing genocide.
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