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o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspDavid Mouriquand\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1776766409\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-04-21 12:13:29 +02:00\">21\/04\/2026 &#8211; 12:13 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-partage-commentaire-share\"><span>Share<\/span><\/span><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire-popup-overlay js-c-article-partage-commentaire-popup-overlay u-display-none\">\n<div id=\"js-c-article-partage-commentaire-popup\" class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire-popup js-c-article-partage-commentaire-popup\">\n<div 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width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"threads\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"whatsapp\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Whatsapp<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        Celebrated musicians including Massive Attack, Kneecap, Brian Eno, Sigur R\u00f3s, Nadine Shah, and many more have signed an open letter calling for a boycott of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in protest of Israel\u2019s participation.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content c-article-content--culture js-article-content\">\n<p>Campaign groups No Music For Genocide and the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic &amp; Cultural Boycott of Israel are calling for a boycott of this year\u2019s highly divisive <strong>Eurovision Song Contest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More than 1,000 artists, including Massive Attack, Kneecap, Brian Eno, Sigur R\u00f3s, Nadine Shah, Mogwai and Hot Chip, have signed an open letter calling for a boycott of Eurovision 2026 in protest of Israel\u2019s participation.<\/p>\n<p>The letter calls upon the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to ban KAN \u2013 the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation \u2013 from the upcoming contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the third consecutive year,\u201d the letter states, Israel will be \u201ccelebrated onstage despite its ongoing genocide in Gaza, while Russia remains banned for its illegal invasion of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe refuse to be silent when Israel\u2019s genocidal violence soundtracks and silences Palestinian lives,\u201d the letter reads. \u201cWhen children in Israeli prisons endure beatings for humming a tune. When all that\u2019s left of nearly every stage, studio, bookshop and university in Gaza is piles of rubble, under which slaughtered bodies still await recovery and proper burial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, a spokesperson for No Music For Genocide said: \u201cPeople of conscience around the globe are fighting complicity in every industry for a free Palestine and a freer world. While many of us in the industry make light of Eurovision or doubt our own power as cultural producers, genocidal Israel\u2019s leaders speak openly about the contest\u2019s geopolitical value.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Eurovision crisis: Austrian broadcaster announces it will not censor Palestinian flags or mute boos<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Eurovision crisis: Italian state broadcaster calls for Palestinian artist to perform <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/72\/98\/58\/808x454_cmsv2_8ff69697-38ec-5989-9664-ac02868c7037-9729858.jpg\" alt=\"Eurovision protests against the participation of Israel\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Eurovision protests against the participation of Israel<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Eurovision crisis: Portuguese artists announce boycott if they win national contest<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Eurovision 2026 crisis: Israel kept in &#8211; Who\u2019s out and what next? <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Organisers applauded the five countries \u2013 Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Iceland \u2013 for <strong>withdrawing from this year\u2019s contest<\/strong>, as well as \u201cthe many national selection finalists committing to refuse to go to Eurovision\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>They later added: \u201cAs artists, we recognise our collective agency \u2013 and the power of refusal. We refuse to be silent. We refuse to be complicit. We call on others in our industry to join us. And we stand in solidarity with all principled efforts to end complicity in every industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Singing truth to power: The best protest songs of the past 10 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The EBU has repeatedly <strong>defended its decision to allow Israel to take part<\/strong> in Eurovision, despite allegations of hypocrisy. In 2022, the organisation barred Russia from participating in Eurovision after its invasion of Ukraine, and the ban remains. <\/p>\n<p>Kneecap said: \u201cRussia was banned from Eurovision in 2022. For the third year running, [Israel is] welcomed back onto the stage. 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Mogwai and Hot Chip, have signed an open letter calling for a\u00a0boycott of Eurovision 2026\u00a0in protest of Israel\u2019s participation.The letter calls upon the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to ban\u00a0KAN\u00a0\u2013 the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation \u2013 from the upcoming contest.\u201cFor the third consecutive year,\u201d the letter states, Israel will be \u201ccelebrated onstage despite its ongoing genocide in Gaza, while Russia remains banned for its illegal invasion of Ukraine.\u201d\u201cWe refuse to be silent when Israel\u2019s genocidal violence soundtracks and silences Palestinian lives,\u201d the letter reads. \u201cWhen children in Israeli prisons endure beatings for humming a tune. When all that\u2019s left of nearly every stage, studio, bookshop and university in Gaza is piles of rubble, under which slaughtered bodies still await recovery and proper burial.\u201dIn a\u00a0statement, a\u00a0spokesperson for\u00a0No Music For Genocide\u00a0said:\u00a0\u201cPeople of conscience around the globe are fighting complicity in every industry for a\u00a0free Palestine and a\u00a0freer world. While many of us in the industry make light of Eurovision or doubt our own power as cultural producers, genocidal Israel\u2019s leaders speak openly about the contest\u2019s geopolitical value.\u201dOrganisers applauded the five countries \u2013 Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Iceland \u2013 for withdrawing from this year\u2019s contest, as well as \u201cthe many national selection finalists committing to refuse to go to Eurovision\u201d.They later added: \u201cAs artists, we recognise our collective agency \u2013 and the power of refusal. We refuse to be silent. We refuse to be complicit. We call on others in our industry to join us. And we stand in solidarity with all principled efforts to end complicity in every industry.&#8221;The EBU has repeatedly defended its decision to allow Israel to take part in Eurovision, despite allegations of hypocrisy. In\u00a02022, the\u00a0organisation\u00a0barred Russia from participating in Eurovision after its invasion of Ukraine, and the ban remains.\u00a0Kneecap said:\u00a0\u201cRussia was banned from Eurovision in\u00a02022. For the third year running, [Israel is] welcomed back onto the stage. That\u2019s not neutrality. That\u2019s a\u00a0choice.\u201d\u00a0Israel has consistently denied that it is committing genocide in Gaza. However, in September 2025, a UN inquiry concluded that Israel is committing genocide. \u00a0Eurovision is the world\u2019s biggest music event, attracting 166 million viewers last year. This year\u2019s controversial 70th edition is set to take place in Vienna, Austria. 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