Readers' Blog: Eurovision is a cultural, not political, event

It is with great disappointment that I read your editorial of Wednesday, March 13 (“Eurovision role must be reviewed. Participation is an endorsement”), which said that if Prime Minister Netanyahu remains in power after Israel’s election in April then Ireland should boycott the Eurovision in Israel in May.

Readers' Blog: Eurovision is a cultural, not political, event
Fri, 15 Mar, 2019 - 00:05

It is with great disappointment that I read your editorial of Wednesday, March 13 (“Eurovision role must be reviewed. Participation is an endorsement”), which said that if Prime Minister Netanyahu remains in power after Israel’s election in April then Ireland should boycott the Eurovision in Israel in May.

Your editorial says this in protest over what Prime Minister Netanyahu said several days ago about Israel being the nation-state of the Jewish people.

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