Ireland’s public broadcaster has asked the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for a discussion about Israel’s inclusion in the Eurovision song contest, as 72 former contestants called for the Israeli broadcaster Kan to be banned from next week’s event in the Swiss city of Basel.
The director general of Ireland’s RTÉ, Kevin Bakhurst, said in a statement on Wednesday that he was “appalled by the ongoing events in the Middle East and by the horrific impact on civilians in Gaza, and the fate of Israeli hostages”.
Hey great article and important topic. However this isn’t UK politics. Ireland is not part of the UK - something they would take quite a lot of offence to. And Eurovision (as much as I love it) isn’t UK politics either.
Might I suggest !eurovision@lemmy.world as a better place for this?
