Israel is using Eurovision to art-wash its egregious crimes against the Palestinian people. Israel has responded indirectly to the calls for a Eurovision boycott with a PR campaign that specifically targets people who may be curious about or sympathetic to the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel, known as BDS. It regularly denies Palestinian artists their right to travel, both within the occupied Palestinian territory and abroad, detains performers without charge or trial, and has repeatedly raided Palestinian festivals and closed down Palestinian cultural centers. Organize a local call of action to boycott Eurovision, gather support locally and nationally from artists, journalists, trade unions, civil society organisations and elected officials. Jerusalem Eurovision 2019 under threat due to possible boycott – report Israeli sources say organizers concerned about venue, with activists in four countries calling for non-participation East Jerusalem is occupied by Israel and the international community does not recognise Israel’s sovereignty over any part of the city. The Musicians Union of Ireland and Irish Equity, the trade union for actors, dancers, directors, and stage and set builders/designers, endorse the call to boycott Eurovision 2019. Brand Israel aims to “improve the country’s image abroad”  by “avoiding any discussion of the conflict with the Palestinians” and representing the country “as relevant and modern rather than only as a place of fighting and religion.”. In an open letter published Thursday, a group of over 30 Palestinian cultural centers and organizations from Gaza called for a global boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest, the enduringly popular international singing competition that will be held May 14 to 18 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The international Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement dismissed the tactic as "crude propaganda." "Even when Israel bombs us, imprisons our men, women and children, kills and maims thousands of Palestinian protesters ... and does everything to silence our voices, we will continue to sing. Are advertising dollars worth more than international law? She performed at Pride events around the world with the backing of Israel’s embassies. Let’s get to 2,500! The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which runs Eurovision, has demanded a “non divisive” location for the 2019 Eurovision. I agree to receive your newsletters and accept the data privacy statement. Israel is shamelessly using Eurovision as part of its official Brand Israel strategy, which presents  “Israel’s prettier face” to whitewash and distract attention from its war crimes against Palestinians. Following Israel’s win by Netta Barzilai last year, it was decided that the 2019 event would take place in its capital, Tel Aviv. In Ireland, former Eurovision winner Charlie McGettigan, the Mayor of Dublin, politicians and trade union leaders called for a boycott of Eurovision 2019. Pedro Fiúza/NurPhoto/Getty Images For example, visitors to the recently launched website BoycottEurovision.net are greeted with the headline "Welcome to the true story of BDS: Beautiful, Diverse, Sensational Israel." William Lee Dams, editor of popular Eurovision blog, comments to the Associated Press: "There is a greater concern this year than any other year I can remember about the political backdrop surrounding Eurovision. By Millie Bull PUBLISHED: 03:04, Sun, May 19, 2019 Par. Help spread the word on the campaign to boycott Eurovision 2019 if hosted by Israel. We love SBS and we love Eurovision, but: Is a song contest more important than human rights? Palestinian citizens are now constitutionally denied equal rights. Through grassroots campaigning, we can put pressure on the European Broadcasting Union to move the contest from Israel and raise awareness on Israel’s attacks on Palestinian culture. Eurovision has survived despite all the political drama, and the U.S. largely ignoring it for decades. Before the 2017 contest, held in Ukraine, Russia announced it would not broadcast the competition after the host country asserted that Russia's entrant, a singer named Yuliya Samoylova, would not be allowed to enter Ukraine, because she had previously toured Crimea. Boycott calls emerge in the UK, Sweden, Malta, Australia and the Spanish state, with growing public discontent reverberating across Europe. Sign-up for news, campaign updates, action alerts and fundraisers from the BDS movement. Your subscription could not be saved. Turkey will boycott the 2019 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel because of what it calls a “confusion in mentality” that allows “an Austrian with a beard and skirt” to participate. NPR correspondent Daniel Estrin reported for All Things Considered on Thursday that, among the roughly 2 million people living in the Gaza Strip, unemployment is now over 50 percent, and many Palestinians are fleeing abroad. ", Per Eurovision tradition, Israel won the opportunity to host this year's contest after a singer from the country, Netta, won the 2018 edition with her campy tune "Toy.". That same evening, Netta Barzilai performed a celebratory concert in Tel Aviv, hosted by the mayor, and said, “We have a reason to be happy.”. The news wire also reported that Google searches using words like "boycott" and "Eurovision" were linking to ads to the ministry's site, through search engine optimization. People will see “how wonderful we are, what a vibe we have. Jerusalem (CNN) Madonna intends to perform at … hide caption. The Lord Mayor of Dublin Micheal Mac Donncha calls for Ireland to boycott Eurovision 2019 to show solidarity with the people of Palestine. Strategic BDS campaigns are building mass public support and having a real impact. Israel accused the militant group Islamic Jihad of instigating the violence after saying the group shot and wounded two Israeli military officers on May 3. Calls to boycott Eurovision if hosted by Israel are already spreading across Europe and beyond. In Iceland, almost 8% of the country’s population sign a petition to boycott Eurovision 2019. Israel effectively declared itself an apartheid state by adopting the "Jewish Nation-State Law." Micheal Mac Donncha has called for Ireland to boycott Eurovision 2019 in Israel in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Activists in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement on Saturday rejected a pro-Palestinian gesture from Iceland’s entry into the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Admin Irrécupérable - 4 février 2019. In February, London Palestine Action released a song in support of the Palestinian call for the boycott of Eurovision 2019, which will be taking place in Israel later this year.Since then the News Brian Eno: Israel must not be allowed to use Eurovision as a propaganda tool We ask for people of conscience around the world to heed our call for boycott, divestment and sanctions of Apartheid Israel just as they did to help bring down Apartheid in South Africa," the group writes. The Israeli consul to Iceland rushes to do damage control. In an open letter published Thursday, a group of over 30 Palestinian cultural centers and organizations from Gaza called for a global boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest… The letter writers in Gaza also point to many musicians from outside the Middle East who have declined to perform in Israel, including Lorde, Lana Del Rey, Roger Waters, Annie Lennox, and Brian Eno, who wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian about boycotting Eurovision. (On Tuesday, several of those stars signed yet another petition, urging the BBC to push for the 2019 Eurovision song contest to be moved out of Israel, ... And on the boycott question, undecideds accounted for 28 percent of respondents aged 16 to 29 – the largest proportion of … While we all may have differing opinions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the best path to peace, we all agree that a cultural boycott is not the answer. Rights organizations like Reporters Without Borders and the International Federation of Journalists have consistently denounced Israel’s attacks on unarmed Palestinians, including journalists. Facebook. BDS upholds the simple principle that Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as the rest of humanity. (There are also many international artists who have happily toured Israel, including Radiohead, Madonna, Nick Cave and Metallica.). Israel is expected to host the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2019, following Netta Barzilai’s win at the 2018 edition. Exploiting Eurovision’s popularity among LGBTQ fans, Israel’s “best ambassador,” Barzilai, was quickly enlisted in Israel’s Pinkwashing efforts. Now Israel is hinting that Tel Aviv may be the host. Lobby your public broadcaster to respect Palestinians’ picket line and refuse to attend the competition if it is hosted by Israel. Published on Jan 31, 2019 50 cultural giants including Vivienne Westwood have called for the BBC to boycott Eurovision 2019 in Israel. Israeli Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev, who in 2012, Of Iceland's population sign a petition to boycott Eurovision 2019. Palestinians have called on EBU members to boycott Eurovision 2019 if hosted by Israel, regardless of its location. BBC protest: Boycott Eurovision Israel 2019 We called a protest outside the BBC HQ on December 1st to call on the UK broadcaster to withdraw from the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Israel, to avoid being complicit in Israel’s ongoing violations of Palestinian human rights. We support the many prominent artists, including former contestants, who have endorsed the appeal of Palestinian artists and journalists to turn their backs on Eurovision 2019. Last month, celebrities including Stephen Fry, Sharon Osbourne and Marina Abramović signed a letter stating that Eurovision’s “spirit of togetherness” is … Eurovision, le chant du boycott - 28 minutes - ARTE 28 minutes - ARTE. "Israel's treatment of the Palestinian people is … Israeli singer Netta performs after winning the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal, in May 2018. Join more than 35,000 people and sign the petition to boycott Eurovision hosted by Israel! We urge songwriters and performers to boycott the 2019 contest hosted by Israel just as they once boycotted the apartheid regime in South Africa. You'll see the prices and say, 'What?!' But if the Lord Mayor of Dublin has anything to do with it, the next time we see Ireland at Eurovision will be in 2020. Stephen Fry and Sharon Osborne are among the stars to have rejected calls for a boycott of the upcoming Eurovision song contest. Israel massacred 62 Palestinians in Gaza, including six children just two days after its 2018 Eurovision win. Israeli singer Netta performs after winning the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal, in May 2018. EUROVISION 2019 has sparked anti-Eurovision and pro-Palestinian protests in Israel urging fans to boycott the event. Please try again. Straight out of apartheid South Africa’s propaganda playbook, Israel uses the arts to explicitly deflect growing condemnations of its violations of Palestinian human rights. Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered "massive strikes" against Gaza militants, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets, last Sunday; the BBC reported that according to the Israel Defense Forces, groups in Gaza launched nearly 700 rockets and mortars at Israel last weekend. ... Eurovision 2019 : les moments les plus fous de l’histoire de la compétition - Duration: 3:47. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Barzilai “the best ambassador of Israel,” underlining his far-right government’s art-washing agenda. That was organised by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which urges a complete boycott of Israel over its policies towards the Palestinians. Boycott Eurovision 2019. Many Eurovision fans build their whole year around a trip to Eurovision, and just given the nature of what's going on their ideal has been tarnished.". Is a North America version in the works? Share the campaign on social media. The singing contest falls exactly a year after Israeli troops massacred more than 60 protesters in Gaza. They are broadcast in over four dozen countries, and the organizers anticipate that the global audience will be about 200 million viewers in 2019. Just days before Eurovision 2018, Israel killed a Palestinian journalist and shot and wounded six other journalists in Gaza, while they wore clearly marked press flak jackets,as part of its shoot-to-kill-or-maim policy. Shortly after her win, Barzilai said she looked forward to the world seeing “the Israeli carnival” when Jerusalem hosts the contest next year. Israeli Culture and Sports Minister Miri  Regev issued an ultimatum: “if the Eurovision isn’t in Jerusalem, it shouldn’t be in Israel.”, Upon Israel’s win in the 2018 Eurovision, Israeli Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked, who called for genocide against Palestinians, said that celebrations “began with Netta Barzilai’s victory, which assured that Eurovision is coming to the capital next year, and continues tomorrow with the move of the American embassy to Jerusalem.”. We, the undersigned residents of Europe and beyond, call on members of the European Broadcasting Union -- our public broadcasters -- to withdraw from the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Israel, to avoid being complicit in Israel's ongoing violations of Palestinian human rights. The singer's win last year with the catchy pop anthem "Toy" earned Israel the honor of hosting the 2019 Eurovision competition next month. British cultural figures including Vivienne Westwood, Peter Gabriel and Mike Leigh have signed a letter calling on the BBC to cancel coverage of this year’s Eurovision song contest because it … Calls to boycott Eurovision 2019 if hosted by Israel are spreading across Europe and beyond, including from former Eurovision winners, commentators and presenters, legendary artists, trade unions and political parties. The Musicians Union of Ireland and Irish Equity, the trade union for actors, dancers, directors, and stage and set builders/designers, endorse the … 0 have signed. Madonna closed Eurovision 2019 with a live performance that included 'Like a Prayer' and 'Future' and made a subtle political statement as two of her dancers displayed the Israeli and Palestinian flags on stage. Holding Eurovision 2019 in Israel will serve to art-wash Israel’s violations of Palestinian rights. Across Europe, tens of thousands of people have signed petitions urging broadcasters, singers and songwriters to boycott Eurovision hosted by Israel. The Lord Mayor of Dublin Micheal Mac Donncha calls for Ireland to boycott Eurovision 2019 to show solidarity with the people of Palestine. On 14 May 2018, Yaakov Litzman, leader of the ultra-Orthodox party United Torah Judaism and Israel's former Minister of Health, drafted a letter to the Ministers of Tourism, Communications, and Culture and Sports, in which he requested the event not violate religious laws: "In the name of hundreds of thousands of Jewish citizens from all the populations and communities for whom Shabbat(the holy sabbath) observance is close to their hearts, I appeal to you, already at this early stage, before production and al… Twitter. Israel should not be hosting Eurovision The Palestinian artists' call comes following a fresh torrent of violence between Israel and Gaza. Israeli settler colonialism and apartheid, apartheid South Africa’s propaganda playbook, Israel’s attacks against Palestinian artists, Israel’s attacks against Palestinian journalists, compared African asylum seekers to cancer and incited mob violence, BDS @ 14: Hope in the face of Israeli apartheid, And the winner of Eurovision in apartheid Tel Aviv is…. Since Eurovision 2019 was announced last year, the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has called on international artists … Google+. This is not the first time that Eurovision's glitter has gotten swept up in geopolitics. Inspired by conscientious artists who shunned Sun City in apartheid South Africa in the 1980s, Palestinian artists and cultural organizations have called for nonviolent pressure in the form of boycotts on Israel until it complies with its obligations under international law. Those calling for boycott include former Eurovision winner Charlie McGettigan; Irish broadcaster and former Eurovision commentator Mike Murphy; former Eurovision presenters Carrie Crowley and Doireann Ni Bhriain; artist and Riverdance set designer Robert Ballagh; Irish musical legends Christy Moore, Mary Black, Paul Brady, Andy Irvine, Frances Black, Donal Lunny, Honor Heffernan, Cormac Breatnach, Dee Armstrong and Steve Wall. On June 7, Israeli culture minister Miri Regev insisted that “if [Eurovision] can’t be in Jerusalem – we shouldn’t host it.” Three days later, the Israeli government sidelined her and dropped its demand to hold Eurovision in Jerusalem, moving to an open tender process instead. Pinterest. Get active and connect with a group in your country now! Appeal to past and present Eurovision participants to speak out against Israel’s hosting of Eurovision. “Brand Israel” is an Israeli government public relations strategy that was initiated in 2005. In 2015, Armenia's team sent the song "Face the Shadow" to the competition. Palestinian journalists are on the frontlines of Israel’s deadly attacks. Similar calls emanated from the UK , Sweden , Malta , Australia and the Spanish state , with growing public … Australia’s Kate-Miller Heidke will take to the Eurovision stage in Tel-Aviv for the first semi-final on Wednesday. Palestinian artists and broadcast journalists call for boycott of Eurovision 2019. Best people… the best place in the world.”. Madonna is expected to perform at the final stage of the Eurovision song competition on Saturday. The Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, justice and equality needs your support. Eurovision 2019: Stephen Fry and Sharon Osbourne among celebrities denouncing proposed boycott. Worldwide, the Eurovision finals broadcasts continue to be a huge draw. It was interpreted as a criticism of the government of Turkey, which has continually rejected Armenians' claims that the atrocities of 1915 — in which as many as 1.5 million Armenians were killed or deported in a wave of violence spurred by Ottoman Turks — were a genocide against their people. Boycott Eurovision 2019. Ireland's Eurovision hopeful Sarah McTernan has addressed calls for a boycott of this year's event in Tel Aviv, Israel, saying that music is about "love and friendship and bringing people together". Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) is a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality. Holding Eurovision 2019 in Israel whitewashes apartheid. Kathy McCubbing started this petition to Jon Oland Sand Executive Supervisor Eurovision Song Contest. This website is maintained by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the coalition of Palestinian organisations that leads and supports the BDS movement and by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), a BNC member organisation. Boycott Eurovision in Israel and Tel Aviv Pride! Pinkwashing is part of Israel’s Brand Israel strategy. Celebrities and public figures launch campaign in Ireland to boycott Eurovision if hosted by Israel. On Saturday evening Ireland returned to the Grand Final for the very first time in five years. In a Eurovision teaser video released Thursday by Israel's KAN Broadcasting Corporation (the public, state-broadcast network, which is also carrying the singing contest), the two main performers — a man who introduces himself as Russian Jewish and the other a half-Jewish, half-Israeli Arab woman named Lucy Ayoub, one of the Eurovision hosts this year — sing to a pair of befuddled tourists: "I know just what you heard, that it's a land of war and occupation / But we're so much more than that. There are organisations working on the #BoycottEurovision2019 campaign across Europe and beyond. It's simple to get involved with the BDS movement today. ... Eurovision Tel Aviv 2019… Israel’s regime of military occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid works tirelessly to impede Palestinian cultural development, one of our strongest tools of resistance. 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