Eurovision 2026: Over 1000 artists call for boycott for ‘normalising’ Israel’s genocide

Eurovision 2026: Over 1000 artists call for boycott for ‘normalising’ Israel’s genocide Submitted by Dalia Anis on Tue, 04/21/2026 - 13:46 Brian Eno, Macklemore and Sigur Ros among artists accusing broadcaster of ‘hypocritical responses to Russia’s and Israel’s crimes’ Protestors hold a banner and Palestinian flags during a demonstration against Israel's candidate prior to the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel on 17 May 2025 (Sebastien Bozon/AFP) Off More than 1,100 musicians and cultural workers have called for a boycott of the 70th edition of the Eurovision song competition over its inclusion of Israel , amid growing pressure to ban the country over its genocide in Gaza . Campaign groups No Music for Genocide and the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (more commonly known as the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement) on Tuesday published an open letter to “reject Eurovision being used to whitewash and normalise Israel’s genocide, siege and brutal military occupation against Palestinians”. “How can any performer or Eurovision fan in good conscience participate at the contest’s next edition in Austria amidst US-Israeli plans for hyper-surveilled concentration camps in 'New Gaza'?