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    La BBC sostiene la decisione di lasciare che Israele partecipi all’Eurovision

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    1. Sensitive_Echo5058 on

      “The BBC refused to comment on which way it had voted, but a spokesman said: “We support the collective decision made by members of the EBU. This is about enforcing the rules of the EBU and being inclusive.”

      Sir Keir Starmer also appeared to back Israel’s inclusion in Eurovision. On Friday, the Prime Minister’s spokesman said: “More broadly Eurovision is a non-political celebration of music and culture and it brings countries together.”

      Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands are the countries that have withdrawn.

    2. LycanIndarys on

      >After the meeting, the BBC was tight-lipped over its stance on the divisive issue and refused to say how it had voted.

      >“We support the collective decision made by members of the EBU. This is about enforcing the rules of the EBU and being inclusive,” a BBC spokesman said.

      >Before the meeting, the BBC had said Eurovision has “never been about politics”.

      Makes it sound like the BBC is taking the approach of something like collective Cabinet responsibility – they’ll back the decision after it has been made publicly, regardless of whether they argued for or against it behind closed doors.

      Anyway, I would suspect that the BBC would probably back Israel’s entry purely because they’ve been accused of a clear bias against Israel multiple times in recent years, and they probably don’t want to stoke the flames of that again. Remember that the BBC has [had journalists speculate on-air](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/bbc-news-bbc-gaza-grant-shapps-palestinian-b2432797.html) that Israel has committed a war crime when they hadn’t, aired [a documentary](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2d4egk17l2o) that was narrated by the son of a Hamas minister and mistranslated “Jew” for “Israeli” to downplay antisemitism, and decided to tell people that Israel were [*targeting* medics](https://www.politico.eu/article/bbc-says-sorry-to-israel-after-reporting-it-targeted-medical-staff/) rather than *sending in* medics.

      If nothing else, they are probably *desperate* to avoid any more controversy.

    3. Comfortable-Law-7147 on

      Spain is one of the 5 major funders of the song contest.

      So does that mean everyone else has to pay more?

    5. IrrelevantPiglet on

      Eurovision is, or at least was, meant to promote peace. It came about in the aftermath of WW2 to try and bring nations together again.

      When Russia invaded Ukraine, there was very little pushback against their expulsion from the contest and the EBU. Quite rightly.

      In light of that I seriously cannot fathom why the EBU continues to support IPBC’s membership. They are a state broadcaster, wholly tied into a government that continues to wage war. How is that congruent with Eurovision’s goal? How does this promote peace?

      I think I may be joining Ireland, Spain et al. next year and boycotting the whole thing. I’ve been a fan of the contest for years now but this is getting beyond just misguided, it is backward. The contest that promoted peace has become something else entirely now, and I don’t want any part of it.

    6. ODFoxtrotOscar on

      I’m quite happy with non-European countries occasionally participating

      But I don’t think any should have a permanent place

    8. New_7688 on

      The fact that killing 20,000 children isn’t disqualifying… Absolutely shameful

    9. Any-Swing-3518 on

      Well of course it does. The BBC wouldn’t want there to be another “scandal” now would it.

    10. InfinityEternity17 on

      Not surprised the BBC will defend Israel. They don’t exactly have the best track record in defending disgusting situations

    11. appletinicyclone on

      I think that’s fine. I think every other country in Europe should pull out so it’s just them versus Australia for the winner of the Eurovision song contest and make it the farce that it has become

    12. Kowai03 on

      How is it that a country that got zero points from the Australian jury, and only had like a 20% approval rating during the Australian rebroadcast, somehow get top scores from the Australian public vote during the live broadcast? This country cheats to try and make it look like everyone approves of them and their shitty war.

    13. gwent_shark on

      Eurovision is politically neutral now? I suppose Russia will be allowed back in then, I don’t see how it’s a different situation for them than it is for Israel.

    14. idontlikemondays321 on

      How about just having European countries enter? What with it being called Eurovision.

    16. MrScaryEgg on

      “BBC decides that murdering journalists is fine, actually.”

    17. ash_ninetyone on

      Israel and Australia should be in it anyway, courtesy of them not being in Europe.

      But we banned Russia due to it being the cause of an invasion of a peaceful neighbour. Israel’s actions towards Gaza has been disproportionately heavy handed, with flagrant disregard to minimising civilian casualties. I know Hamas are not innocent, I know in such messy urban warfare all rules of engagement and that becomes secondary to defeating your enemy at any cost. But when you’re accused and found to have committed crimes against humanity, then they shouldn’t be involved either way.

    18. thehighyellowmoon on

      Every argument in favour of this on the grounds of neutrality is invalid given that it was ok to ban Russia

    19. mpanase on

      The zionist influence in UK is amazing.

      Zionists, Russians and slave-trading families from 400 years ago. All the good stuff.

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