A wide-ranging group of more than 400 musicians, actors, agents and managers and studio executives signed an open letter to the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest rejecting attempts by some participating countries, including Sweden, Finland, and Iceland, to bar Israel from participating in this year’s event because of the war in Gaza.
The letter supports the European Broadcasting Union’s commitment to including Israel in this year’s contest amid calls last month from Swedish and Finnish artists demanding Israel’s exclusion from the contest over their belief that including the country “undermines” the spirit of the competition because of Israel’s ongoing retaliation for to the deadly Oct. 7th terror attack on the nation from Hamas
Among those lending their names to the letter from the non-profit entertainment industry organization Creative Community for Peace were: Helen Mirren, Liev Schreiber, KISS’ Gene Simmons, Scooter Braun, Boy George, Sharon Osbourne, Emmy Rossum, Mayim Bialik, Debra Messing, Diane Warren and Selma Blair, among many others.
Hartmut says
FWIW Israel is not part of Europe and actually never wants to be. This aside from any political divide over what is going on in Gaza.
It doesn’t matter at all whether Israel is a part of such stupid contest or not so Bollywood could care less indeed.
Daniel Erbstoesser says
The same happened once remember, we are tolerant and we dont exclude anyone, we are more, we hate ourselves and land and anyone saying otherweise is a nazi and antidemocrat, our special democracy or many sayings and doings like this. This was once on the plan and what happened,. well if you dont know just ask any living Jew what happened and he she can tell you the whole truth and you should very well listen to them. The past is our future and only we van stop this. We look at it this way, they dont want us there because we win and thats for sure so now we all know why and we say screw you and your little woke left bullshit. We are better.Rock Steady Israel!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Jack Rider says
Much respect to you! I feel your emotion in your writing here. You mailed the hypocrisy of the mind-addled left.
Az gal says
I thought Hollywood was majority leftist.
BareNakedIslam says
It is. That’s what makes this so surprising.
Kathleen Woods says
FK Follywood