Dutch broadcast company AVROTROS has announced that the Netherlands will boycott the 2026 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to compete. The Netherlands is the fifth country to announce a planned boycott of the event, which is scheduled to be held in Vienna.
Am not a European but are other Middle Eastern countries allowed to compete? Why would Israel even be considered a part of this to begin with, it doesn’t quite make sense.
From what I’ve read, countries bordering the Mediterranean, including North-African countries, are allowed to compete, but they don’t want to, mostly because they would have to broadcast the Israeli entry.
Am not a European but are other Middle Eastern countries allowed to compete? Why would Israel even be considered a part of this to begin with, it doesn’t quite make sense.
Has nothing to do with Europe or the EU. One of their broadcasters is simply in the EBU, so they’re allowed to participate.
I think Israel being in the European Broadcasting Union actually does have something do with Europe.
Surely it was a spontaneous development and not at all planned to whitewash Israeli fascism to a western audience
Israel (and most notably the Israeli company Moroccan Oil) is a big sponsor for the EBU, the organiser of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Only countries signed up with the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) can participate, and that’s not limited to European nations.
If I remember correctly, it’s a European Broadcasting Union thing, and they’re in cause there used to be a British colony there.
Israel is a European colony.
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From what I’ve read, countries bordering the Mediterranean, including North-African countries, are allowed to compete, but they don’t want to, mostly because they would have to broadcast the Israeli entry.