The Eurovision Song Contest, often shortened to just Eurovision, is a major annual music competition.
The contest, organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), sees countries from across Europe and beyond - including Israel, Azerbaijan and Australia - submit an original song and select an artist to perform the song in a live television and radio broadcast.
The competition has been held almost every year (barring 2020) since 1956 and is extremely popular around the world, and has helped launch the careers of some of the world's most iconic musical artists.
Overall, the songs tend to be cheerful and the event prides itself on being apolitical, though it has come under criticism for some controversies in the past.
If Israel is not able to defend itself – hitting back at its enemies – nobody will be safe. “Ironclad support” is meaningless if it translates as a steely grip preventing Israel from taking action.
During the debate, Morgan asked the participants to justify why Israel should be banned from Eurovision.
Following tensions at this year's annual Eurovision contest, the city of Malmö in Sweden said that they would not host the contest in coming years.
‘Genocide,’ ‘apartheid,’ and ‘colonialism’ are but modern blood libels aiming to strip Jews and Israelis of their humanity and declare open season against them.
Eurovision, Einstein and the global politics.
Comedy show satire features Defense Minister confronting Eurovision critics. Sketches parody campus activism and political response.
This year, after October 7 and the inconclusive results of the last seven months of fighting, the situation is much more complicated than in previous years.
The tear-stricken Bambie Thug said "F*** the EBU" shortly after scoring below Israel's Eden Golan.
The situation in Europe for Israel may look bleak, but it is not completely dark.
While a vocal minority of protesters oppose Israel’s fight against Hamas, millions of Eurovision viewers around the world respect Israel and its Eurovision representative Eden Golan.
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