Dame Helen Mirren wades into row over Israel's Eurovision entry with open letter | OPPJ5C8 | 2024-02-17 21:08:01
Dame Helen Mirren, Boy George, and Sharon Osbourne are amongst the celebs who've signed an open letter supporting Israel's inclusion in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Shared on non-profit physique Artistic Group For Peace, who marketing campaign towards cultural boycotts of Israel, the open letter has been signed by over 400 celebrities and figures within the entertainment business.
They argue that the event held in Might is a 'celebration of unity and should not be used as a software for politics'.
'We now have been shocked and dissatisfied to see some members of the leisure group calling for Israel to be banished from the Contest for responding to the greatest massacre of Jews& since the Holocaust,' it started.
On October 7 final yr, armed Hamas gunmen infiltrated southern Israel, killing 1,200 Israelis and sparking an all-out struggle between Israel and Hamas.
Because the battle began, greater than 20,000 Palestinians and tons of of Israelis have been killed.
The letter, additionally signed by music producer Gene Simmons, music producer Scooter Braun, and Will & Grace actor Debra Messing, continued: 'Moreover, we consider that unifying occasions resembling singing competitions are essential to assist bridge our cultural divides and unite individuals of all backgrounds by means of their shared love of music.
'The annual Eurovision Track Contest embodies this unifying spirit. Yearly, hundreds of thousands of people across Europe and all over the world join in an enormous show of cultural trade and celebration of music.'
More than 2,000 artists from Iceland, Finland, and the host country Sweden signed open letters asking for Israel to be banned.
The Eurovision Track Contest& advised Metro.co.uk that it 'it is a competition for broadcasters – not governments – and the Israeli public broadcaster has participated within the Contest for 50 years.'
They added that Israeli public broadcaster KAN 'meets all of the competition rules and may take part'.
'The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) is aligned with different worldwide organizations, together with sports activities unions and federations and different worldwide bodies, that have similarly maintained their inclusive stance in the direction of Israeli individuals in main competitions right now,' the organisation stated.
'The Eurovision Music Contest stays a non-political event that unites audiences worldwide via music.'
The competitors can be held in Malmö& after Sweden entrant Loreen& won the 2023 competition held in Liverpool.
Final week it was introduced that Eden Golan shall be competing for Israel.
The 20-year-old, who was born in Israel and raised in Russia, was selected after profitable a TV expertise show, on which she performed Aerosmith's I Don't Want To Miss A Thing. Dedicating the music to the Israeli hostages still in Gaza, she stated: 'We gained't really be OK till everybody returns house.'
Eden has beforehand competed on The Voice Youngsters in Russia and took part within the& Russian selection& for the& Junior Eurovision Track Contest in 2015.
Israel's 2023 entrant Noa Kirel completed third with Unicorn, behind Finland's Käärijä who performed Cha Cha Cha, and naturally, winner Loreen with Tattoo.
Olly Alexander& will be representing the UK, and he's& already teased his entry song.
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