Olly Alexander criticised for signing statement calling Israel an “apartheid state” and accusing it of genocide
nme.comOlly Alexander has signed a pro-Palestine letter which calls Israel an “apartheid state” and accuses it of genocide.It was revealed at the weekend that the singer and actor would be representing the UK at Eurovision next year in Malmö, Sweden, the hometown of this year’s winner Loreen.Before he was confirmed as the UK’s Eurovision entrant, Alexander had signed an open letter from LGBTQ+ activist group Voices4London, which called for a ceasefire in Gaza and for Israel to allow aid into the area.
The letter also condemned “Zionist propaganda” amid the war with Hamas.The letter says: “We are watching a genocide take place in real time.
Death overflows from our phone screens and into our hearts.“And, as a queer community, we cannot sit idly by while the Israeli Government continues to wipe out entire lineages of Palestinian families.
We once said, ‘silence equals death’. Now is not the time to be silent.”“We cannot untangle these recent tragedies from a violent history of occupation.
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