Israeli singer Netta Barzilai, who won last year’s Eurovision song contest, said Monday that calls to boycott this year’s event in Tel Aviv…
Israeli singer Netta Barzilai, who won last year’s Eurovision song contest, said Monday that calls to boycott this year’s event in Tel Aviv amount to “spreading darkness.”
Due to Barzilai’s victory last year in Portugal with her #MeToo-inspired song “Toy”, a performance that included clucking sounds and chicken-like dance moves, Israel hosts this year’s competition from May 14-18.
There have been calls from artists such as Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and British singer Peter Gabriel to move the competition to another country over Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians.
