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Ireland announced that it would boycott Eurovision 2026 “If the participation of Israel continues.”
Irish broadcasting organization RTé He made a statement, saying that in EBU, the organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest in July, “several EBU members expressed concern about Israeli participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.”
The statement states: “RTé position will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, if Israel’s participation will continue, and the final decision on the participation of Ireland will be made as soon as the EBU decision is made.”
The organization added: “Rté believes that the participation of Ireland will be unmistakable, given the constant and terrible loss of life in gas. RTé is also deeply concerned about the purposeful murder of journalists in Gaza, refusing to access international journalists to the region and the state of the remaining hostages. ”
Intention to also leave the Netherlands
And the Netherlands, after Ireland, announced that it would not participate in the Eurovision Service competition of 2026 if Israel takes part in this event from the scale of suffering in gas, the Dutch broadcasting network Avrotros said.
The latest Eurovision competitions were overshadowed by protest events to participate in Israel in the Israeli war in Gaza.
The Avrotros network announced that in its decision to boycott the 2026 competition, it also took into account a large number of journalists killed in Gaza.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), organizing competition, announced that he understands “problems and beliefs of the developing war in the Middle East.”
“We continue our consultations with EBU members in order to collect views on how we control the participation of the Eurovision and Geopolitical Strength Song Contest.”
This is followed by the comments of the Spanish Minister of Culture of Ernest about the participation of Spain in Eurovision next year.
Earlier this week, Euronews Culture reported that Spain also threatened to leave competition if Israel remains in the programThe field “I don’t think that we can normalize Israeli participation in international events, as if nothing had happened,” Urnsan said during an interview with the La Hora de la 1 show on TV. “He is not an individual artist, but one who participates on behalf of the citizens of this country.”
EBU extended the deadline for removal without a sentence by December, when the final decision is expected to participate in Israel in the General Assembly. The 70th Eurovision should take place in Vienna, Austria. The final will be held on May 16 after the semifinals on May 12 and 14, 2026.