Reigning Eurovision champion Netta Barzilai has brushed aside numerous calls to boycott against this year's song contest in Israel by claiming that "boycotting light spreads darkness".
A total of 171 Swedish artists and celebrities have signed an open letter urging to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel.
We, Swedish artists and cultural workers who have signed this call, cannot quietly watch Israel use the Eurovision Song Contest to conceal their crimes against the Palestinian people", the appeal published in the Aftonbladet newspaper said.
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