Nemo, the Swiss artist who won Eurovision 2024 , announced on Thursday that they would return the trophy in protest of Israel’s participation in next year’s contest.

“ Eurovision says it stands for unity, inclusion, and dignity for all,” they wrote on Instagram. “Those values made this contest meaningful to me. But Israel’s participation, during what the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry has concluded to be a genocide , shows a clear conflict between those ideals and the decisions made by the EBU [European Broadcasting Union]. … I’m sending my trophy back to the EBU headquarters in Geneva.”

Last week, the EBU announced that it would not hold a vote on whether to ban Israel from competing, as constituents from some countries criticized the country’s role in its

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