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cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/48633

Tel Aviv is pouring hundreds of millions into its Hasbara propaganda machine in an effort to reverse its reputational freefall

Public broadcasters from Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia announced on 11 May that they will not air this week’s Eurovision Song Contest in protest of Israel’s participation.

“For the next 10 days, instead of the Eurovision circus, the national television program will be colored by the thematic program series ‘Voices of Palestine,’” Slovenian broadcaster RTV said.

Featured documentaries and films will include Gaza Twins, Come Back to Me, No Other Land, The Voice of Hind Rajab, and The Teacher.


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[–] Utter_Karate@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago

I really want to see Israel banned from Eurovision, because it would hurt them so much. To any other country it wouldn't be so bad, but enjoying this specific kind of trashy European music is the entire culture of Israel.

[–] micnd90@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

Join the cool kids here

[–] StillNoLeftLeft@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The least anyone can do and yet so few do even this.

Wish I wasn't somewhere where this is not even mentioned. Just endless articles about our song and how it will surely be a winner.

This is what you get in a country where entire national identity is based on hating Russia and feeling inferior and like you have to constantly prove how euro you are.

[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just endless articles about our song and how it will surely be a winner.

spoilers, it wont be, it's way too "normal" and also just a meh song.

fucking disgusts me how we wont manage to land over the right side of history even once, you'd think we'd luck into it by accident but no. :finland-cool:

[–] StillNoLeftLeft@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

Not even once.

It's so pathetic that I just live in a permanent state of disgust around all the nato leftists, the eu stans, the endless slava ukraine bros and all the willfully ignorant smol bean fash who absolutely think their oh so funny "there's still space behind the sauna" humor isn't just deeply fascistic and gross.

Genuinely a country where the vulnerable dying from covid was shrugged away with the ever present eugenism that is like all there is.

Average Finnish person: "Solidarity, what even is that?"

[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Surprised Slovenia joined the boycott, I thought that country was solidly right-wing like Austria and Hungary?

[–] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Slovenia is actually run by a centrist party who's in a coalition with socdems and demsocs, and surprisingly has one of the least Zionist governments in Europe. They recognized a Palestinian state in 2024, and sanctioned multiple Israeli politicians.