As a Dutch person, I'm very glad we've made this decision. After reading about Ireland doing the same I didn't think we would but I'm glad that we did and also that we've decided on this somewhat early instead of waiting to see what the "bigger" countries are doing like we usually do with these things.

I wish my country was that smart.

As shit as the European song contest is, i hope everyone does the same and only israel will vompete with no one.

They should really say that they will pull out of the show if israel and the zionists are allowed to sponsor the show through Moroccanoil and Estee Lauder.

THAT would hurt.

Good. We need more of this. Israel needs to be isolated as the pariah state it is.

They are the 6th biggest contributor, and Spain has considered doing similar and they're one of the big five. It might actually change something since money will matter the most, and enough countries are dropping out that they may not have enough contestants to run the semi-finals. There's rumours that Italy, Germany, and Britain may withdraw if Israel is kicked out though. Maybe we just won't have a contest next year, and after the bullshit of the past two years I'm completely fine with that.

Why is israel, a country in the middle east, a part of Eurovision to begin with? Very telling.

Dear god, just take some sanctions like you did with Russia.

it's just going to be israel and sweden left at this rate

God promised them a song contest 3000 years ago, you heathens.

Countries are finally speaking up about this, I've been waiting for like, 2 years already.

Israel has undeniably brought the contest into disrepute twice in a row with them sending basically political entries with shady ad campaigns that made a select few voters disproportionately vote for Israel, causing them to spike up in the ranking (almost winning the 2025 contest; JJ is our savior), and yet the EBU just doesn't even care about this? And when Russia did the whole "let's take all of Ukraine" move, it took 10 countries to immediately speak up for them to get suspended. Ukraine won that year btw. Like... if the EBU are gonna keep saying the Eurovision Song Contest is "apolitical", then they have to accept the harsh reality that making your participants be countries immediately makes it otherwise. And this is not the exception, it's the norm. Both the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup have had similar disrepute incidents in the past, most notably with apartheid South Africa.

Either way, if more countries drop out due to Israel's continued participate, that could ultimately result in enough awareness for the EBU to finally kick them out for good. Otherwise, the only solution is the privatization of their broadcaster, which literally nobody wants.

Meanwhile

https://slguardian.org/netherlands-signs-175-million-arms-deal-with-israeli-firm-elbit

https://paxforpeace.nl/news/military-cooperation-of-the-netherlands-with-israel-is-inappropriate

Oh wow, AVROTROS (the broadcaster) finally found a spine? Where was this last year after the incident with Joost Klein?

Nice. Go make a better one with Blackjack and Hookers (both genders).

Can't wait for the UK, Germany, and France Song Contest. I bet France still gives us nul points. /j

It very important to note that Israel is NOT part of Europe. It's in the Middle East, which is in ASIA.

Good. Good. If enough countries retire we may have a chance to win.

Okay, anyone got a map or list on this? Definitely curious on seeing who's still in and who's out, like that FightChatControl site

Oh we did? Fucking nice! Many people didn't want to touch this, but I'm glad it went through anyway!

Is this the plasic straw of diplomacy?