I ain’t watching it, because of Israels participation.
davepleasebehave@lemmy.world
on 14 May 10:00
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It’s such a shame as I love the competition usually. but its such a fucking fetid weeping sore on the face of the competition that I can’t do it. pure genocide washing of a rightwing ethno fascist state. disgusting.
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
on 14 May 11:40
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They were banned. There is a whole thing about why Russia is banned while Israel is not. I don’t have the facts, but comes down to something about membership in EBU (the european broadcasting union).
RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
on 14 May 12:05
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Thank you
kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 14 May 12:23
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So Israel is a member of the European Broadcasting Union?
So are Egypt, Algeria, Morocco and many other non European countries. Australia also participates in Eurovision. The contient really is not the issue here.
EBU membership is open to broadcasters in the ITU Europe region, which is based on telecom infrastructure (particularly the telegraph cables of the British Empire) rather than geography or politics. As such Europe is the continent + North Africa + the Levant.
Russias broadcaster also is a member of the EBU. The membership was suspended by the EBU as a result of Russias (full scale) invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Belarus was suspended in 2021 over the crackdown on anti-government protests.
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I ain’t watching it, because of Israels participation.
It’s such a shame as I love the competition usually. but its such a fucking fetid weeping sore on the face of the competition that I can’t do it. pure genocide washing of a rightwing ethno fascist state. disgusting.
Serioys question, is Russia in Eurovision?
They were banned. There is a whole thing about why Russia is banned while Israel is not. I don’t have the facts, but comes down to something about membership in EBU (the european broadcasting union).
Thank you
So Israel is a member of the European Broadcasting Union?
So are Egypt, Algeria, Morocco and many other non European countries. Australia also participates in Eurovision. The contient really is not the issue here.
EBU membership is open to broadcasters in the ITU Europe region, which is based on telecom infrastructure (particularly the telegraph cables of the British Empire) rather than geography or politics. As such Europe is the continent + North Africa + the Levant.
Russias broadcaster also is a member of the EBU. The membership was suspended by the EBU as a result of Russias (full scale) invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Belarus was suspended in 2021 over the crackdown on anti-government protests.
en.wikipedia.org/…/European_Broadcasting_Union
The decision to keep Israels membership active and letting them participate is purely political. It has nothing to do with the structure of the EBU.
I’d like to boycott them but I wouldn’t watch it either way.
pretend to have a moral backbone while doing what you would normally be doing anyway. it’s brownie points for nothing bro!
I think the rules for participation need to include being from a legitimate state
Morrocanoil is sponsoring it for a few years now.