Eurovision members to vote on whether to expel Israel for genocide
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/26/eurovision-to-vote-on-israeli-participation-in-november
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/26/eurovision-to-vote-on-israeli-participation-in-november
16 Comments
xc2215x@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 331d
Hopefully Israel is gone.
ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 331d
Make it so
hroderic@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 331d
That's nice. How about also not selling them weapons?
Link@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 330d
That's not something for the broadcasters to decide, unlike this
Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 330d
Eurovision sells weapons?
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 330d
Only flaming homosexuality.
BCBoy911@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 331d
Either Eurovision boycotts Pissrael or we continue our boycott of Eurovision as we've done for the last 2 years. They had no hesitation in giving Russia the boot in 2022 so the fact its taken them 2 years is indefensible. The only difference is the religion and skin colour of the people being slaughtered.
rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 330d
What you mean after spending $$$ on covering up the crowd booing the shit out of them for the last decade plus?
Even Graham Norton thought it was taking the piss this year. "I don't know what you're all hearing at home, but this is a very energetic reception"
mrfriki@lemmy.world · -11 pts · 331d
The fact that a vote is needed for this tells you how crooked the organization is and it gives you a glimpse of the outcome of the vote itself.
MurrayL@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 331d
I’m curious on the mental gymnastics involved in claiming that an organisation holding a vote to make a decision is somehow crooked. Like, that’s what democratic organisations are supposed to do, rather than acting without consultation.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 331d
It's the mental gymnastics of emotional reactionism. The heart is in the right place, but they see an injustice and feel something needs to be done now.
i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 331d
There’s nothing less democratic than voting! Or something.
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 331d
When you watch Eurovision and especially the vote castings in the competitions, you'll know why people can't expect anything great from this..
A few years back they announced votes for some nations, based on what they expected them to vote, because they felt that the actual votes were suspicious... Without even saying that they were not the real votes sent in by those nations.
Then you have the viewer votes for the competitions that often get overturned by the expert panels
So Eurovisions calling for a vote is almost sarcasm
thelittleerik@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 331d
Did u see a vote to drop russia?
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 331d
I'm assuming any decision needs a vote.
my complaint is that they should have done that much earlier
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 330d
I mean, it says more about the influence of the Israeli lobby in Europe, which is apparent across all kinds of things.