“as long As Israel, with its politics of apartheid denies palestinians their basic human rights, so long must we refrain from israeli participation in cultural exchanges”, they write among other things.
signed the appeal are the artists Joakim Thåström, Mikael Wiehe, Love Antell, Karin and Olof Dreijer and Stefan Sundström and actress Lo Kauppi and Sven Wollter.
Since the israeli artist Netta Barzilai won the Eurovision last year, organized this year’s competition in Tel Aviv, 14-18 may. Sweden is represented by John Lundvik, who won the Swedish national final with their entry “Too late for love”.
