saul, thank you _ gaza. 0k, professor ben saul, thank you very _ gaza. 0k, professor ben saul, thankery much for - gaza. 0k, professor ben saul, thank you very much for being | thank you very much for being with us. . ., thank you very much for being with us. ., ~ , ., the uk's entrant for this year's eurovision song contest has rejected calls to pull out of the competition in protest against israel's inclusion. olly alexander was responding to an open letter by the queers for palestine group, a collection of more than 450 artists who had urged him to boycott the event in solidarity with palestinians. olly expressed his wish for peace, but said he believes in the unifying power of music. in a statement posted to his instagram account, the singer said: he also said he had been speaking to some of the other eurovision contestants, and they had agreed that by taking part in the contest, they could use their platform "to come together and call for peace". olly has previously called for a ceasefire in gaza and signed a letter in december accusing israel of genocide. one of haiti's most po