Israel chooses Eurovision 2024 entrant amid calls for a boycott - BBC News

Eden Golan will represent the country in May, but some artists have called for Israel to be excluded.

3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, Shai FrancoImage caption, Eden Golan was born in Israel and raised in RussiaBy Mark SavageBBC Music CorrespondentSinger Eden Golan has been chosen to represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest, as organisers face calls to ban the country over the war in Gaza.

Golan, 20, was selected in a TV talent show after performing Aerosmith's I Don't Want To Miss A Thing.

She dedicated the song to the more than 130 Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza. "We won't truly be OK until everyone returns home," she said.

But musicians in several countries have called for Israel to be suspended.

In December, Iceland's Association of Composers and Lyricists published a statement saying Israel's military action in Gaza made its participation incompatible with an event "characterised by joy and optimism".

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