Helsinki, March 24, 2025 (AFP) - Thousands in Finland demand boycott of Israel in Eurovision

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2025-03-24
More than 10,000 people in Finland on Monday urged the country's public broadcaster Yle to push for Israel to be banned from the Eurovision Song Contest due to the war in Gaza. The broadcaster received two petitions on Monday demanding it pressure the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which manages the event, to block Israel from participating, the petitions' initiator -- the Finnish Palestine Network group Sumud -- said in a statement. One o......
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