I’m so tired of this. The idea is to unite in music and not to unite through not seeing someone there. Did Israel, the USA, the Hamas, etc. commit war crimes? Most likely (leaving it to the courts to rule that). And what do we gain by excluding Israeli artist from a music competition? Nothing but moving back into the comfort zone. The artist wouldn’t even be given a chance to criticize the own government.
No. Russia has for good reasons been sanctioned and monetary transfers can not and should not be done. I am not in favor of easing that financial restriction.
This is such an out of touch take. Governments pick the artists they send and Israel has been using Eurovision to send propaganda to promote their genocide. If the idea is to unite in music, then countries who use the competition to promote divisive ideologies shouldn’t be invited to participate
I’m not convinced that answering division with exclusion rather than dialog is a good idea. Claiming the artist promotes a genocide by the Israeli government not disagreeing with him is very steep. That supposed abuse of the tournament through propaganda needs more evidence in my eyes.
And I wanna add: I don’t disagree that there have been genocidal statements coming from the Israeli government and other bodies involved in the conflict.
You would be giving them a stage for their politicsl ideas. There is no such thing as an unpoliticial eurovision song contest, as hard as some people try. Russia was banned, Israel should be too.
I’m so tired of this. The idea is to unite in music and not to unite through not seeing someone there. Did Israel, the USA, the Hamas, etc. commit war crimes? Most likely (leaving it to the courts to rule that). And what do we gain by excluding Israeli artist from a music competition? Nothing but moving back into the comfort zone. The artist wouldn’t even be given a chance to criticize the own government.
You for bringing back Russia then?
No. Russia has for good reasons been sanctioned and monetary transfers can not and should not be done. I am not in favor of easing that financial restriction.
Many of us believe similar sanctions should be placed on the genocidal apartheid Israeli regime. So save us the sop story about uniting via music.
Fair enough. But then let actual political measures do the job rather than cries for media censorship. 🤷🏼♂️
That’s a word salad.
This is such an out of touch take. Governments pick the artists they send and Israel has been using Eurovision to send propaganda to promote their genocide. If the idea is to unite in music, then countries who use the competition to promote divisive ideologies shouldn’t be invited to participate
I’m not convinced that answering division with exclusion rather than dialog is a good idea. Claiming the artist promotes a genocide by the Israeli government not disagreeing with him is very steep. That supposed abuse of the tournament through propaganda needs more evidence in my eyes. And I wanna add: I don’t disagree that there have been genocidal statements coming from the Israeli government and other bodies involved in the conflict.
But there’s no dialog by allowing Israel to compete, quite the opposite. It’s effectively total silence.
You would be giving them a stage for their politicsl ideas. There is no such thing as an unpoliticial eurovision song contest, as hard as some people try. Russia was banned, Israel should be too.
So was there any transport of political ideas this year? What if there isn’t? Wouldn’t, in that case, banning an artist do more damage than help?