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Eurovision mirrors how countries see one another. That’s why I can’t watch Israel take part | Jeff Ingold
No amount of mental gymnastics can justify allowing its inclusion while a humanitarian catastrophe goes on in Gaza, says journalist Jeff Ingold
Israel’s participation in this year’s contest exposes the double standards and glaring hypocrisy embedded in the EBU’s opaque processes for defining what counts as “political”. Musicians from Finland, Iceland, Norway, and even Sweden(this year’s host country) have all signed open letters urging their respective national broadcasters to push for Israel to be banned. The EBU rejected the ballad as its verses seemingly contained references to the 7 October massacre by Hamas (which has been used by the Israeli government to justify the continuing assault in Gaza) and consequently breached Eurovision’s rules on political neutrality.
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