Dutch broadcast company AVROTROS has announced that the Netherlands will boycott the 2026 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to compete. The Netherlands is the fifth country to announce a planned boycott of the event, which is scheduled to be held in Vienna.
Didn’t we say that we are not considering participation because organizer doesn’t listen to us and not because of Israel? Anyway, waiting years for this realization is lame. Better late than never but still… Take note that many Slovene universities and other institutions still merelymerrily collaborate with Israel, also we have bo problems hosting Israeli national sport teams and even use police to avoid protests and so on. And that arms embargo, Slovenia doesn’t even know what transits through. We also don’t want anything with lawsuits against genocide. Yes, it’s a step or two in the right direction but far away from something big.
Didn’t we say that we are not considering participation because organizer doesn’t listen to us and not because of Israel? Anyway, waiting years for this realization is lame. Better late than never but still… Take note that many Slovene universities and other institutions still
merelymerrily collaborate with Israel, also we have bo problems hosting Israeli national sport teams and even use police to avoid protests and so on. And that arms embargo, Slovenia doesn’t even know what transits through. We also don’t want anything with lawsuits against genocide. Yes, it’s a step or two in the right direction but far away from something big.Fair point