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Eurovision claims to be apolitical. What absolute bullshit. Rarely anything is ever apolitical, especially if you're an international contest that brings positive attention to participating countries. The decision to include an active member of an ongoing escalating conflict is political in and of itself.

When there are protests happening right outside your door, when you ban a participant from rehearsals for confronting the Israeli entrant that you've allowed to be there, when you (allegedly) disallow another contestant from wearing "ceasefire" and "freedom for Palestine" inscriptions on their costume, you have no right to stand here and claim what you're doing is apolitical.

Via: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/eurovision-israel-palestine-netherlands-protest-1235018761/
https://metro.co.uk/2024/05/10/ebu-investigating-eurovision-incident-involving-netherlands-entry-20815546/?ico=mosaic_home