{"id":242335,"date":"2025-07-06T09:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T09:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/242335\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T09:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T09:26:10","slug":"italy-and-germany-warn-the-ebu-if-israel-is-out-were-out-too-eurovision-news-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/242335\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy and Germany Warn the EBU: \u201cIf Israel Is Out, We\u2019re Out Too\u201d – Eurovision News | Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking to N12News<\/strong>, Amir Alon, a former member of Israel\u2019s Eurovision delegation, claimed that the public broadcasters of Italy<\/strong> and Germany<\/strong> have threatened to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel<\/strong> is excluded without clear legal grounds.<\/p>\n

The two \u201ccamps\u201d within the contest are beginning to take shape, as countries supporting Israel\u2019s continued participation begin to openly state their positions. Two of the BIG 5<\/strong> nations, Italy<\/strong> and Germany<\/strong>, are reportedly backing Israeli public broadcaster KAN<\/strong>, insisting that they will not tolerate Israel\u2019s removal from the competition unless there is a legitimate legal basis for such a move \u2014 the same argument KAN itself uses in its defense.<\/p>\n

KAN<\/strong> maintains that it fully complies with EBU<\/strong> regulations and emphasizes its editorial independence from the Israeli government. This point has also been acknowledged by the EBU<\/strong> itself in an official statement<\/a> following its most recent General Assembly. This stance distinguishes Israel\u2019s case from that of Russia<\/strong> and Belarus<\/strong>, whose public broadcasters were deemed propaganda tools of their respective regimes.<\/p>\n

Amir Alon<\/strong> stated:<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs long as the war in Gaza<\/strong> continues and images of the conflict reach European audiences, it will be difficult for countries like Italy and Germany to publicly defend Israel. These two countries are among the contest\u2019s top financial contributors, are in direct communication with the EBU<\/strong>, and support KAN<\/strong>. If KAN<\/strong> is excluded, they have threatened to leave the contest as well \u2014 something the EBU<\/strong> wants to avoid.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As it stands, the future of the war will play a critical role in shaping Israel\u2019s fate in the competition. If the conflict ends by December<\/strong>, when the next EBU General Assembly<\/strong> is scheduled to take place, Israel is likely to continue its participation as normal. However, if hostilities persist, even nations that have so far supported Israel may find it increasingly difficult to justify their stance.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that, had a vote taken place and resulted in Israel\u2019s exclusion, the ban would have only applied for one year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Iceland<\/strong> and Spain<\/strong> have publicly supported Israel\u2019s exclusion, while Slovenia<\/strong> and several other countries are reportedly aligned with this view, though they have not issued official statements. On the other side, aside from Israel\u2019s representative arguing in favor of participation, both Switzerland<\/strong> (host of Eurovision 2025) and Austria<\/strong> (host of Eurovision 2026) have expressed open support for Israel.<\/p>\n

In the event of a vote, Germany<\/strong>, Italy<\/strong>, Greece<\/strong>, Azerbaijan<\/strong>, and Cyprus<\/strong> are also expected to side with Israel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun<\/strong> for all the latest developments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking to N12News, Amir Alon, a former member of Israel\u2019s Eurovision delegation, claimed that the public broadcasters of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[7907,94217,52513,2000,299,19345,60803,94218,94219,80381,94220,1824,7059,837,94221,94222,2199,94223,94224,13492,104,2600],"class_list":{"0":"post-242335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-austria","9":"tag-big-5","10":"tag-ebu","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-eurovision","14":"tag-eurovision-2026","15":"tag-eurovision-boycott","16":"tag-eurovision-politics","17":"tag-gaza-conflict","18":"tag-general-assembly-ebu","19":"tag-germany","20":"tag-iceland","21":"tag-israel","22":"tag-israel-exclusion","23":"tag-israel-participation","24":"tag-italy","25":"tag-kan","26":"tag-public-broadcasters","27":"tag-slovenia","28":"tag-spain","29":"tag-switzerland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114805577068675583","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}