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Dear [Venue],

I am writing to ask you to cancel your screening of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 and consider hosting an alternative event instead. You may not be aware that Palestinians have called for a boycott of the contest because of the refusal of the organisers, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), to expel Israel from the contest despite its ongoing genocide in Gaza, and its regime of apartheid against all Palestinians.

We are now in the sixth month of Israel’s genocidal campaign against the 2.3 million Palestinians living in Gaza, who are subject to intense and relentless attacks. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed, and over a million have been displaced. According to Oxfam and major international human rights organisations, Israel is using starvation as a weapon against Palestinians in Gaza, with its siege causing acute shortages of food, water and essential medicines.

At a time when accountability for these crimes is so urgently needed, Israel’s inclusion in Eurovision provides it a stage to cover up its war crimes against Palestinians, and present itself as light and fun. Participation in the Eurovision Song Contest allows Israel to ‘art-wash’ its ongoing genocide. This propaganda value has been recognised by Israel’s President, Isaac Herzog, who recently stated “it’s important for Israel to appear in Eurovision.”

The European Broadcasting Union has already shown that it can take such action if it chooses to. In 2022, the EBU expelled Russia from the contest because of its illegal invasion of Ukraine. However, the EBU has refused to heed Palestinian calls to ban Israel for its decades-long oppression of the Palestinian people, including its ongoing genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza, showing a hypocritical disregard for Palestinian life.

As part of their call for a boycott of this year’s contest, Palestinians have asked all venues to cancel Eurovision screenings and consider hosting alternative apartheid and genocide-free events instead. I am asking you to heed the Palestinian call and refuse to screen an event that allows Israel to art-wash its genocidal attacks. Multiple venues have already cancelled Eurovision screenings in solidarity with Palestinians. Please join them in taking a principled stance.

Many in our community are filled with grief as we witness a genocide, livestreamed to our phones and television screens. We must all do everything in our power to show meaningful solidarity with Palestinians as they face down such horrific violence and continue to demand freedom.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. If you have any questions or queries, please don’t hesitate to get in touch for a further discussion to support your decision making on this important issue.

Yours sincerely,

[Your Name]

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  2. 8th of March Assembly ( “Συνέλευση 8 Μάρτη”), Greece 
  3. Accept LGBTI, Cyprus
  4. As Cores dos Açores, Azores, Portugal
  5. Associació Catalana d’Asexuals, Catalonia
  6. Associació Feminista Mandràgora de Canet de Mar, Catalonia
  7. Association DIH – Equal Under the Rainbow, Slovenia
  8. Association Spectra, Montenegro
  9. Ateneu del Raval, Spain
  10. أثر Athar, Germany
  11. Balkan Queer Muslims Association, International
  12. Baltic Drag King Collective, Baltic Countries
  13. Bh. povorka ponosa, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  14. Braga Fora do Armário, Portugal
  15. BRINA, Serbia
  16. Center for Queer Studies, Serbia
  17. Coletivo da Marcha do Orgulho LGBTQIA+ de Ovar, Portugal
  18. Crida per l’alliberament sexual i de gènere, Catalonia
  19. CUTRA Collective, Romania
  20. Dekonstrukce, Czech republic
  21. Drag Kokošinjac, Croatia
  22. Dylberizm, Kosovo
  23. F-SIDES Cineclub, Romania
  24. Group ”COME OUT”, Serbia
  25. Humanamente – Movimento Pela Defesa dos Direitos Humanos, Portugal
  26. Intersection, Lebanon
  27. ISKORAK, Croatia
  28. Kandže BL, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  29. Kaos GL, Türkiye
  30. KISS? (Kas Ir Sekss?), Latvia
  31. Kolektiv Talas TIRV (Collective Wave TIGV), Serbia
  32. Kvir inicijativa Aut (Aut queer initiative), Croatia
  33. Kvir Zbor Beograda (Queer Assembly of Belgrade), Serbia
  34. kviriem.lv, Latvia
  35. L-Communio, Serbia
  36. Laboratorio Smaschieramenti, Italy
  37. Las Marikarmen, Basque Country
  38. Latvijas transpersonu apvienība “Transformācija”, Latvia
  39. Le Zbor, Croatia
  40. Les Palmeres Roses, Catalonia
  41. LGBTQIA+ & Allies Club, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
  42. Mad Pride Romania, Romania
  43. Maestrat LGTBI+, Catalonia
  44. Maurice GLBTQ, Italy
  45. Merlinkina djeca, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  46. Metabolica, Italy
  47. Montenegrin LGBTIQ Association Queer, Montenegro
  48. Observatori contra l’lgtbifobia, Catalonia
  49. Opus Diversidades, Portugal
  50. Organisation de Solidarité Trans, France
  51. Orgull Crític València, Spain
  52. Orgullo Vallekano LGTBIAQ, Spain
  53. orlando LGBT+, Greece
  54. Palestinarekiko Erantzukizuna, Basque Country
  55. PATH – Plataforma Anti Transfobia e Homofobia de Coimbra, Portugal
  56. Plataforma Já Marchavas, Portugal
  57. Poder Popular Trans, Catalonia
  58. Pride in Protest, Australia
  59. QTHoMo Collective, Netherlands
  60. QU’OUÏR, Italy
  61. QuARC – Queers Against Racism and Colonialism, Germany
  62. Queer Collective Cy, Cyprus
  63. Queer Collective for Palestine “vancouver”, Canada
  64. Queer liberation boorloo, Australia
  65. Queer Sisterhood Cluj – Hilltop Org, Romania
  66. Queer Yoga Edinburgh CIC, Scotland
  67. Queeramnnesty, Austria
  68. queeranarchive, Croatia
  69. Queers 4 Palestine – Toronto, Canada
  70. Queers Against Genocide, Occupied Palestine
  71. Queers Against israeil Apartheid (QUAIA), Canada
  72. Queers for Palestine HTX, USA
  73. Queers for Palestine Ireland, Ireland
  74. Queers for Palestine Malmo, Sweden
  75. Queers for Palestine UK, UK
  76. Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!), USA
  77. Rainbow Cumberland, Australia
  78. Rauða regnhlífin, Iceland
  79. Rise OUT, Romania
  80. Sarajevo Open Centre, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  81. Sare Lesbianista, Basque Country
  82. Sekhmet Institute, Kosovo
  83. sineleusi_8m, Greece
  84. Sjemenište kolektiv, Croatia
  85. SPoD (Social Policy, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association), Turkey
  86. Stichting Colored Qollective, Netherlands
  87. Surrey Dyke March, USA
  88. The HALA collective, USA
  89. The Queer Palestinian Empowerment Network, USA
  90. Trans & Intersex Pride Dublin, Ireland
  91. Trans and Nonbinary Youth Vienna, Austria
  92. Trans Iceland, Iceland
  93. Trans Viel Freude, Austria
  94. TransCore,Romania
  95. Udruženje LBTQ žena STANA/LBTQ Women Association STANA, Montenegro
  96. VULGAR, Romania
  97. ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΙΝΤΕΡΣΕΞ INTERSEX GREECE, Greece
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