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    RTÉ boykottiert den Eurovision Song Contest wegen Israel

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    1. ImaDJnow on

      I love the Eurovision but this is the right call! I never thought I’d say it, but fair play to RTÉ!

    3. its_brew on

      Rightly so. And for any other years after. Hope more countries follow suit. The eurovision has become a corrupt propaganda machine ever since this war.

    4. DaveShadow on

      Spain and the Netherlands have announced the same, and it’s expected Slovenia and probably Iceland will join us shortly.

      Edit: Slovenia official now. Rumours of Belgium too.

    5. Reddynever on

      Awesome, I had seen Spain and Netherlands saying they would and was hoping Ireland weren’t going to back down.

    6. No-Negotiation2922 on

      Ireland, Spain and the Neatherlands gone from the “not so Eurovison Song Contest”

    7. syakitty on

      Such a disgrace but it had to happen, love eurovision to death but hopefully with us, Spain, Netherlands pulling out there are more to follow

    8. Electronic_Ladder103 on

      Good. It was a clown show last year with Israel interfering with votes and plaguing other acts backstage.

    9. alf_to_the_rescue on

      Amazing news. Was hoping they’d stick to their guns. Hopefully more countries follow.

    10. Bill_Badbody on

      This is massive from rte.

      Nobody should underestimate how big of a move this is for them to make.

    13. miju-irl on

      Hopefully others follow suit.

      Edit: seen Spain and Netherlands have followed suit 😀

    16. cromcru on

      Hopefully the boycotting broadcasters will put on a massive fundraiser for Gazan aid on the same night.

    19. mrtn1790 on

      Israel has made a very powerful enemy. Marty Whelan depends on that work over the summer.

    20. K-manPilkers on

      It would be good if Ireland, Spain, and the Netherlands could form their own Eurovision (along with any other countries that may show some backbone) to air at exactly the same time as the existing one. Not only would it underline how pathetic the existing Eurovision is, we’d actually be in with a shot of winning with only 3-6 countries participating.

    22. qwerty_1965 on

      Dustin needs to be sent to Tel Aviv to sing outside Netanyahoo’s house.

      RTE will miss the ratings and endless coverage of the drama in the social media and Indo/Sindo but we won’t get embarrassed either.

      It’s a win for us

    23. Porrick on

      I can’t fault the move, but I’m very sad it has come to this. Eurovision was the first annual cultural event that my son was ever interested in, and our annual debates over the relative merits of the various entries was something I took far more meaning from than the literal content.

      That said – I already felt dirty last year for following it and for hosting the watch party. They’re not the only ethnic cleansers in the competition, but Azerbaijan hasn’t hijacked the whole show in the same way that Israel has. Also, I quite like that Azerbaijan and Armenia are in it together – if Palestine had an entry, I wouldn’t mind Israel’s participation nearly as much.

      Anyway, I’m sad that this is necessary.

    24. HotToTrotsky_ on

      A European institution with decades of proud history ruined because they refuse to kick a country actively committing genocide out. Disgraceful.

    26. SoftDrinkReddit on

      gonna be honest I’m actually shocked RTE have the backbone to follow through with their threat impressed tbh

    27. red-mini1 on

      Wait for the barrage of Antisemitism comments and some corrupted, loudmouth yank politician / commentator to wade in with their 2 cents.

    28. jumpbutton23 on

      Honestly this is the best result. From everything we know about the EBU and how they’ve tried to navigate this in the past, they do not want to meaningfully take action against Israel. If they did anything it would be a paltry lip service gesture. A shitty, complicit organisation.

      Them keeping Israel and us leaving is, to me, a way better outcome. We should have washed our hands of this embarrassing sham years ago.

    29. Ewendmc on

      „RTÉ feels that Ireland’s participation remains unconscionable given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there, which continues to put the lives of so many civilians at risk. RTÉ remains deeply concerned by the targeted killing of journalists in Gaza during the conflict and the continued denial of access to international journalists to the territory.“

    31. susanboylesvajazzle on

      „RTÉ feels that Ireland’s participation remains unconscionable given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there, which continues to put the lives of so many civilians at risk. RTÉ remains deeply concerned by the targeted killing of journalists in Gaza during the conflict and the continued denial of access to international journalists to the territory.“

      RTÉ not holding back in their statement on this either. Well done.

    32. BeanEireannach on

      G’wan RTÉ!! Genuinely delighted to see so many countries standing in solidarity with Palestine! 👏👏👏

    33. cashintheclaw on

      absolutely brilliant decision, why isn’t there also a push for the European football federations and broadcasters to fuck Israel out of UEFA?

    34. mindthegoat_redux on

      > EBU members meeting at the Winter General Assembly in Geneva decided not to call a vote on Israel’s participation, which means Israel will be able to enter the 2026 contest in Vienna.

      Cowards. At least RTÉ is boycotting it which I never, in a million years, thought they’d do.

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