Sometimes music and politics collide. Those two forces are on a crash course after Israel’s Netta won the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Toy’.
In light of the recent violence in Gaza, an Australian Greens senator has asked SBS to consider a blackout of next year’s music fest which, in keeping with the tradition, will be hosted by the winning nation.
As TV Tonight reports, Greens NSW Senator Lee Rhiannon raised the issue with SBS CEO Michael Ebeid at a Senate Estimates hearing last week.
“Recent events along the Gaza border have shown that the Israeli army engage in lethal military actions, on days that are seen as ‘significant’ or when Palestinian-protests are planned,” said Rhiannon, a strong advocate for human rights who plans to retire as a Senator in mid-August.
Read the article by Lars Brandle in The Industry Observer.