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    • Hexamerous [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      17·
      10 months ago

      They had a copium article in the Swedish press the other day whereas the headline asked something along the lines “why is Israel allowed, but not Russia?” and the answer was basically some bullshit that Russian public service didn’t fulfill some criteria and this has definitely nothing to do with politics, as they kept reminding you that “Eurovision is not about politics!”.

  • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    11·
    10 months ago

    Huh, I would’ve thought Eurovision’s core audience would be hardcore “Israel has a right to defend itself!” libs.

    • loathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      13·
      10 months ago

      They would be if Israel had some restraint but they decided to do a full blown ethnic cleansing which at some point becomes hard to overlook. The one and only time I watched Eurovision it was held in Tel Aviv and I remember that there was only one instance of protestation against them where a participant band displayed an anti-Israel banner. Apart from that people didn’t mind much.

      • ComradeEchidna [fae/faer]@hexbear.netEnglish
        6·
        10 months ago

        That said Israel hosting Eurovision was a huge flop for them, they only got a fraction of the tourists they thought they would get, there were extensive pro-Palestine campaigns to discourage people attending, though how much was that versus Europeans just not wanting to go the Middle East no matter how hard Israel tried to convince them.

    • AutomatedPossum [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I can only speak for the LGBTQIA+ crowd, but … i mean, let’s face it, that is the core audience. And there’s a pretty clear split between the Queers for Palestine faction and the homonationalists, and it looks as if the latter are finally losing. This is in large parts due to queer solidarity for Palestine having already been clearly articulated way before the invasion of Gaza went underway, and calls for boycotts and an exclusion of Israel coming from that very crowd beginning as soon as the war started. What’s discussed itt didn’t come out of nowhere, it’s been boiling up for half a year, and resting on foundations much older than that.

      • Greenleaf [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Weird how virtually every marginalized group across planet earth is now - if not before now - firmly aligned on the side of Palestinian liberation.

  • kristina [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    11·
    10 months ago

    Those protests were particularly vocal after the title of Golan’s entry was announced in February: “October Rain,” an apparent reference to last year’s Hamas attacks, in which Israeli officials say about 1,200 people were killed and 240 taken hostage. The European Broadcasting Union objected that the title and some of the song’s lyrics were overly political, and asked Israel to change them. Golan tweaked the song, which is now called “Hurricane.”

    just in case anyone wonders why

  • Lerios [hy/hym]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    i’m not going to be watching this year (or at least, not live or legally) but i really do wonder how much the BBC/EBU/etc will have to cover for. like, there is a 0% chance that NONE of the young, progressive, deeply online participants will say/do something on the night, plus the crowd, plus the occasional stage invader. one performer has already been bitched at for daring to wear a keffiyeh despite the fact that he is part fucking palestinian. genuine insanity.

    like, all the EBU had to do was say that israel’s song wasn’t good enough to qualify this year and they could have avoided all this. instead, i’ve now had lib friends asking me what BDS is because they heard about it in eurovision discussions che-smile

    • REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Will made a good point in the latest chapo ep. The frothing support for Isn’treal by the west is the wet dream of every anti-semite. If you do not know the ins and outs of Imperialism, you really are lead to believe that Israel, and by western definition jews, control the west.

  • Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    Sadly I could still see Israel doing really well. Even if most people think they shouldn’t be there, you can only vote for a country, not against them, so a minority of hardcore supporters can carry them pretty far.