They have already collected 8.000 signatures in less than a week
A petition to Icelandic public television RUV calling for a boycott of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel has so far garnered 8.000 signatures following the deaths of dozens of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip.
The Icelandic citizen who posted this online request posted on change.org hopes to collect 30.000 signatures in less than a week.
"Everything is being examined at this stage," commented RUV spokeswoman Scarpendin Goodmundson.
Pal Oscar Halmison, a former contestant, took the initiative to denounce, on his Facebook page, countries that "violate international law and human rights."
In 2019, the contest will be hosted in Israel, after the victory of Neta Barzilai, last Saturday, with the song Toy.