‘Refuse Whitewash of Israel’s Crimes’: Roger Waters Calls for Eurovision Boycott

- ‘Refuse Whitewash of Israel’s Crimes’: Roger Waters Calls for Eurovision Boycott
by Aya Chajut, https://www.haaretz.com/
Ex-Pink Floyd frontman argues artists who opt out of contest set for May in ‘apartheid’ Tel Aviv will be ‘remembered for standing on the right side of history’
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Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters has urged all delegations set to participate in this year’s edition of the Eurovision Song Contest to boycott the international competition, slated for May in “apartheid” Tel Aviv.
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In a Facebook post published on Saturday, the rock star and supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement called on competitors to stand “shoulder to shoulder” with Palestinians.
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In an open letter to Portugal’s Eurovision pick Conan Osiris, who “was reported as saying he wasn’t sure if he would go to Tel Aviv or not,” Waters wrote he “had an opportunity to speak up for life over death and also for human rights over human wrongs,” and called on him to “refuse to join the cultural whitewash of what a recent UN report calls Israel’s war crimes and possible crimes against humanity.”
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