- cross-posted to:
- worldnews@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- worldnews@lemmy.ml
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands will boycott next year’s Eurovision after Israel was given the all-clear to compete in the 2026 song contest despite calls by several participating broadcasters for its exclusion over the war in Gaza.
No vote on Israel’s participation was held on Thursday at the general assembly of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the body that organises the hugely popular international annual singing competition.
Instead, participating broadcasters voted only to introduce new rules designed to stop governments and third parties from disproportionately promoting songs to influence voters.
Germany and Austria said they would boycott if Israel was banned.
Edit to add:
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/10/06/german-chancellor-friedrich-merz-threatens-to-boycott-eurovision-song-contest-if-israel-is
Unable to find the article that said Austria would boycott.
Hmmmm, Germany and Austria siding with Nazis? Now, where have I heard that before…
They’re actually afraid of being called nazis, so they have to side with the so-called Jewish state lest Netanyahu claims they’re holocausting again
It’s ridiculous because it seems even most Jewish people don’t support Israel anymore.
It’s Tradition
Doubt
Not that they claimed it, but that they would actually follow through with it.