The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced on Thursday that it would allow Israel to stay in the Eurovision Song Contest – an expected outcome following Israel’s signing of a peace agreement to end the war against the genocidal terrorist organization Hamas in Gaza.
The EBU held a long-awaited meeting on Thursday to discuss the protocol for the 2026 edition of Eurovision, the 70th iteration of the post-World War II global event. Since the Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, the EBU has faced tremendous pressure from pro-Hamas protesters and left-wing governments in the contest to oust Israel, which escalated this year after Israel’s contestant, singer Yuval Raphael, came in second place and won the popular vote (the Eurovision winner is determined by a combination of popular votes and expert jury votes).
Poorer-performing countries claimed Israel had “rigged” the vote by galvanizing global support in light of the war, some claiming the rules needed reform to prevent governments from openly campaigning and others claiming Israel committed fraud.
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