And, after Ireland, it announced that it would not participate in its competition if it participates in the event due to the scale of Gaza’s suffering, the Dutch broadcasting network Avrotros announced.
Yesterday, the Irish RTE announced that Israel’s involvement “is morally unjustified given the ongoing and heinous loss of lives in”.
The latest Eurovision competitions were overshadowed by protest events for Israeli’s participation in the Israeli war in Gaza.
The Avrotros network announced that in its decision to boycott the 2026 competition it also took into account the large number of journalists killed in Gaza.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which is organizing the competition, announced yesterday that it understands “concerns and beliefs about the evolving war in the Middle East”.
“We continue our consultations with EBU members to gather views on how we manage participation in the Eurovision Song Contest and geopolitical tensions.”
