At last year’s festival in Sweden, protests against Israel’s participation reached a fever pitch, with police scuffling with protesters as fans lined up to enter the stadium.
You can’t ban a personal story from a competition,” she told NBC News in a Zoom interview earlier this month.
Yes you can. Nobody talks about whether Russia would send a song that is “personal”. The country is in gross violation of international law and that is the reason for the ban. It is completely irrelevant what the song is about. The country is the problem and the song is presented as an entry for the country.
It shouldn’t matter what the lyrics are about to begin with as Israel should not be allowed to participate while committing some of the most heinous crimes against humanity.
Yes you can. Nobody talks about whether Russia would send a song that is “personal”. The country is in gross violation of international law and that is the reason for the ban. It is completely irrelevant what the song is about. The country is the problem and the song is presented as an entry for the country.
It shouldn’t matter what the lyrics are about to begin with as Israel should not be allowed to participate while committing some of the most heinous crimes against humanity.