Activists say hosting Eurovision2019 in Tel Aviv is an attempt to whitewash the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land.
Activists put out a parody version of her 1986 hit “Papa Don’t Preach” with the lyrics “Madonna Don’t Go”.Besides calling on artists not to perform, activists are also calling on viewers to shun the event by not watching it at home.
At Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the students’ union decided not to host a traditional viewing party of the contest in the union bar and confirmed it would notAccording to activist group Jewish Voices for Peace, the calls to avoid the event are already bearing fruit. In a tweet, it said tickets were going unsold and hotel bookings were also unbooked. Eurovision, it said, had raised more awareness about what Israel was doing to Palestinians.
Fewer and fewer artists are performing in Israel because of its vast human rights abuses against Palestinians.Because Palestinians should be free:
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