The Spanish chain RTVE He announced that his board of directors approved the measure, proposed by its president, José Pablo López, by an absolute majority in a vote held on Tuesday. In a statement, he indicated that there were 10 votes in favor, four against and one abstention.
The measure occurs after boycott threats by Netherlands, Ireland, Slovenia and Iceland In the middle of a growing international conviction to the military campaign of almost two years of Israel in Gaza.
This also followed a recent request from the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchezto exclude Israel from the competition.
Spain is the first member of the so -called “Five Great”, countries that make the highest financial contributions to the European Broadcasting Union (UER), which organizes the contest, in threatening with a boycott.
So far there has been no similar movement by the other four great taxpayers: France (France 2), Germany (ARD/NDR), Italy (RAI) and the United Kingdom (BBC).
Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Israel’s recent participation has been a divisive theme in Europe and its broadcasting community since Israel began its military campaign in the Gaza Strip at the end of 2023, in response to Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023 in southern Israel, which killed 1,200 people and resulted in that another 251 were taken as hostages.
Israeli military operation aimed at recovering hostages and ending Hamas He has killed at least 64,000 people in the Palestinian territory And he has left a large part of the rest of the population, of two million inhabitants, homeless and on the edge of starvation.
In 2024, the Israeli participant, Eden golanended fifth in the contest, but was booed on stage and even received death threats.
In the 2025 edition, thousands of Pro Palestinian protesters gathered in front of the Eurovision enclosure in Malmö, Swedenin protest of the inclusion of Israel.
Yuval Raphaelparticipant of the country who survived the massacre at the Nova Festival on October 7, said he had practiced trials with boos sounds.
It was second in the contest, in which the public votes via telephone or SMS, although Spotify and YouTube streaming data showed that Raphael’s song was far behind other competitors in terms of popularity.
The result caused suggestions for “external interference” and orders for review of the voting system.
Source: Ambito
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