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The BBC is facing pressure to remove Olly Alexander as Britain's Eurovision entrant after it was revealed that he signed a letter condemning Israel as an 'apartheid regime' and accusing it of 'genocide' in Gaza. Various sources, including the British Conservative Party and antisemitism activists, have joined the call for his removal from the contest. The controversy has sparked a debate on whether the BBC should drop the singer from the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.
Antisemitism activists and the British Conservative Party have called on the BBC to drop the UK's entrant for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in light of his endorsement of a letter accusing Israel of apartheid and genocide. https://t.co/rcVB9upEGy
Antisemitism activists and the British Conservative Party have called on the BBC to drop the UK's entrant for the upcoming #Eurovision Song Contest in light of his endorsement of a letter accusing #Israel of apartheid and genocide. https://t.co/rcVB9upEGy
On Patrick Christys Tonight: As the UK’s Eurovision act Olly Alexander called Israel an ‘apartheid state’ responsible for genocide, should the BBC drop the singer from next year’s contest?
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"That's a rubbish defence!" Ian Collins reacts to the BBC being urged to drop Olly Alexander at next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after it emerged he had signed a letter calling Israel an “apartheid regime”. @iancollinsuk | @edvaizey https://t.co/UN7TWAJcuc
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Olly Alexander, the UK's new Eurovision act, has been criticised for signing a statement accusing Israel of genocide and describing it as an "apartheid state" Read more⬇️ https://t.co/p61LZeKaC0
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BBC is urged to sack UK's Eurovision entrant Olly Alexander as it emerges he signed letter calling Israel an 'apartheid regime' and accusing Jewish state of 'genocide' https://t.co/Z6vtvrXKuz https://t.co/t0VSZoQhW7
The BBC has been urged to drop Olly Alexander as Britain’s Eurovision entrant after it emerged he had signed a letter accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza https://t.co/naRfh0Xkgd
The BBC has been urged to drop Britain’s entrant at next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after it emerged he had signed a letter calling Israel an “apartheid regime” and criticising “Zionist propaganda” https://t.co/DN9i9ehUaR