Israel‘s place at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is under the microscope following a petition signed by more than 1,400 Finnish music industry professionals urging a ban due to alleged “war crimes.” Echoing the state of play in 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine, the group says that local broadcaster YLE should threaten to pull Finland‘s entry if the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which runs Eurovision, doesn’t take action. Signatories include Finnish artists Olavi Uusivirta, Paleface and Axel Ehnström, who represented Finland in Eurovision 2011 under the name Paradise Oskar. Icelandic musicians made similar demands to local network Rúv last month....
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