News24 has previously written about the protests being carried out to exclude Israel from participating in Eurovision. We have seen artists from Iceland, Finland, Norway, and now finally Sweden plead for the country to be excluded. The increased number of protests has not swayed the European Broadcasting Union, EBU, which is adamant that Israel fulfills the requirements needed to participate in the competition, which The Express be the first to write about.
1000 Swedish artists: Stop Israel in Eurovision
The artists’ rebellion
Among the 1,000 signatures from the Swedish petition, artists such as Markus Krunegaard, Titiyo and Alba August. In the appeal, the artists write that the EBU exhibits a remarkable double standard by allowing Israel to participate, which also undermines the organization’s credibility.
Despite this, the EBU will not make a new decision in the matter, but is adamant that Israel will be allowed to participate when the competition starts.
– We understand the concerns and opinions surrounding the conflict in the Middle East. Our management has reviewed everyone on the participant list for the 2024 competition and agrees that the Israeli television company follows the competition rules, writes the EBU in a message to Expressen.
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