Competition is ‘shameless attempt’ by Israel to ‘whitewash apartheid state’, say protestors
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign called on singer Sarah McTernan to pull out of the competition.has a proud tradition of standing with the oppressed and against injustice and we sincerely hope that Sarah McTernan will take this opportunity to stand on the right side of history by listening to the Palestinian and international calls for a boycott.
Several dozen campaigners congregated around a mock apartheid wall at the entrance to RTÉ and on the footbridge across the M11.said this year’s competition in Tel Aviv is “no ordinary Eurovision” but instead a “shameless attempt” by Israel to use the Eurovision to “whitewash an apartheid state”.
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