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Europeans couldn't even get Israel out of a silly pop song contest, so it seems a bit hopeless to expect any actual political action.
by karmakurtisaani 4mo ago
Europeans couldn't even get Israel out of a silly pop song contest, so it seems a bit hopeless to expect any actual political action.
- bflesch 4mo ago[flagged]
- coldtea 4mo ago>Excluding Israeli citizens from it hurts their moderates more than it hurts the hardliners. Nah, it hurts their public image and thus hardliners. Like similar actions against South Africa did.
- ifwinterco 4mo agoWhatever their rhetoric they desperately crave respectability, making Israel a pariah state à la 1980s South Africa would hurt them badly. Why else are they even trying to be in Eurovision and UEFA in the first place
- gordonhart 4mo agoThey’re in UEFA because half of the countries in Asia (AFC) and Africa (CAF) wouldn’t play them. Same reason Russia considered leaving UEFA recently.
- coldtea 4mo ago>They’re in UEFA because half of the countries in Asia (AFC) and Africa (CAF) wouldn’t play them. And how's that a problem of UEFA?
- chadgpt3 4mo agoIsrael literally owns that contest. By what reasoning could the EU force the owner of a silly song contest to exclude their own country?
- generj 4mo agoThey don’t own the contest, an Israeli company sponsors Eurovision. I suspect the song on Israeli participation is not over yet, but that’s a side tangent.
- chadgpt3 4mo agoA sponsored business is effectively owned by its sponsors
- JumpCrisscross 4mo ago> A sponsored business is effectively owned by its sponsors This is nonsese. The business is owned by its owners. Sponsors are the customers. For multinational staples like Eurovision, sponsors get limited say.
- retinaros 4mo agowell they did it against russia RTnews and even today russian players are treated like trash in Europe. just look at tennis for instance.