Despite calls from some public broadcasters to exclude Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, reports suggest that Germany played a decisive role in ensuring Israel’s continued participation.
According to revelations by journalist Dr. Martin Gak in the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet, the German public broadcaster ARD threatened to withdraw from the contest if the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) decided to exclude Israel.
Gak, citing a source within the EBU, claims that ARD exerted strong pressure on other member broadcasters, making it clear that any decision to bar Israel would result in Germany pulling out as well. It is worth noting that Germany is the most populous country participating in Eurovision, a member of the EBU and one of the Big Five, and also pays the highest participation fee among all competing nations.
Bye Germany
A broadcaster threatened to leave, not the country? Well fuck em, I’m sure majority of Germans would be fine if that broadcaster fucked off. Probably ran by a nazi anyways.
I don’t understand the logic here. Germany has the strongly held belief that what Israel is doing in Gaza is ok that they’re going to leave Eurovision and take their membership money with them?
So what? Others might say they bail out if israel is invited. Israel took it way too far with te palestines (for deccades i might add) so be gone! Eurovision… It’s in the name. israel isn’t even european.
