A group of British celebrities, including Stephen Fry, Sharon Osbourne, Marina Abramović and pop mogul Scooter Braun, have signed a letter speaking out against a proposed boycott of this year’s Eurovision song contest, which is to be held in Tel Aviv this month.

Their letter, quoted by The Guardian on Tuesday, states that Eurovision’s “spirit of togetherness” across the continent is “under attack by those calling to boycott Eurovision 2019 because it is being held in Israel, subverting the spirit of the contest and turning it from a tool of unity into a weapon of division.”


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