I de senere år er kampagner for at udelukke Israel fra Eurovision blevet stadig mere magtfulde.
MIFF er gået i den modsatte retning og har opfordret vores medlemmer og støttere til at stemme på Israel.
Den 24. maj blev MIFF’s kampagne omtalt i New York Times i en artikel af kulturjournalisten Alex Marshall.
New York Times skrev blandt andet:
Conrad Myrland, the managing director of With Israel for Peace, a pro-Israel advocacy organization based in Norway, said that he hadn’t paid much attention to Eurovision until last year when pro-Palestinian activists called for a ban on Israel.
This year, Myrland said, his organization had used emails, text messages and social media posts to urge its 15,000 members to each cast the maximum 20 votes for Israel. He estimated that his organization had helped secure “hundreds of thousands of votes.” He wanted “to show that Israel indeed has a place,” he said.
