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The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the worlds most-watched televised events.
TheIsraeli-Palestinian conflictis one of the worlds least-understood geopolitical dilemmas.
This month, the two will collide.
Since 1973, one such country has been Israel.
The basis of the boycotters complaint is Israels abuses of the rights of the indigenous Palestinian Arab population.
But, back then, there were no major worldwide boycott efforts.
Lets start with that first item.
Its hard to say exactly how successful BDS has been.
As such, its natural that BDSs latest campaign is targeting this years Eurovision contest.
Since then, the Israeli electorate has become increasingly expansionist and anti-Palestinian.
Musicians Brian Eno and Roger Waters both of them longtime critics of Israel have boosted the signal.
However, the proof may be in the pudding.
Eurovision was designed to demonstrate that you might contend for national pride without having to fire a bullet.
