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Eurovision…… can’t handle this 💩 anymore!

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SheThinksShesAllThat · 04/12/2025 19:15

Whoever has pulled out of the Eurovision because Isreal are competing….. pathetic!

Spain, Ireland … to name a few.

Answer me this- if you have a nurse/doctor from Isreal or Israeli decent….. will you not be seen by them?

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1457bloom · 04/12/2025 21:12

I wish Britain would boycott the Eurovision as well.

TheBeaTgoeson1 · 04/12/2025 21:12

It’s wild.

Remembering the victims of the 7th. 🇮🇱

SnipSnipMrBurgess · 04/12/2025 21:10

TheNoonBell · 04/12/2025 21:03

The non european states of Armenia and Azerbaijan both committed war crimes against each other's civilians in 2020 in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War yet still compete in Eurovision. No one boycotted Eurovision because of it.

Some Baltic states have expelled ethnic minorities in the last year or plan to and again no complaints.

They should also be removed.

I dont see whats so hard about this. Its a contest that was founded in peacetime. If your country is attacking another country, you should be removed.

The whataboutism is not needed.

DottieMoon · 04/12/2025 21:10

hattie43 · 04/12/2025 20:00

Because Russia aggressively attacked a country . Isreal were defending themselves .

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Delusional

Starving, blowing to pieces and burning alive thousands of CIVILIANS is not defence.

TheNoonBell · 04/12/2025 21:03

The non european states of Armenia and Azerbaijan both committed war crimes against each other's civilians in 2020 in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War yet still compete in Eurovision. No one boycotted Eurovision because of it.

Some Baltic states have expelled ethnic minorities in the last year or plan to and again no complaints.

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SheThinksShesAllThat · 04/12/2025 21:02

scoobysnaxx · 04/12/2025 20:23

Israel has completely gone past defending itself.

they have committed genocide and ethnic cleansing.

of course they shouldn’t compete.

and just don’t with the anti-semetism comments I’m far from it and sick and tired to death of being accused of it because I stand with Palestine.

You a flag holder at a festival????
Chant free Palestine whenever possible??
why aren’t you lot chanting about what’s going on in Sudan at the moment???

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CalmShaker · 04/12/2025 21:02

OmNomShiva · 04/12/2025 20:58

So Russia too ?

Would you have had Nazi Germany compete if they’d had such a thing in 1938 ?

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Yes I would because I'm grown up enough to understand it's a music competition and not a war

Bumblebee72 · 04/12/2025 21:01

OmNomShiva · 04/12/2025 20:58

So Russia too ?

Would you have had Nazi Germany compete if they’d had such a thing in 1938 ?

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Well we let them host the Olympics!

OmNomShiva · 04/12/2025 20:58

CalmShaker · 04/12/2025 20:52

Keep politics out of this, it's a musical competition for goodness sake.
No country should be excluded

So Russia too ?

Would you have had Nazi Germany compete if they’d had such a thing in 1938 ?

Bumblebee72 · 04/12/2025 20:58

CalmShaker · 04/12/2025 20:52

Keep politics out of this, it's a musical competition for goodness sake.
No country should be excluded

Eurovision has always been highly political. That's part of the point of it.

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SheThinksShesAllThat · 04/12/2025 20:58

Berlinlover · 04/12/2025 19:29

If Russia aren’t allowed to participate in the Eurovision why should Israel be?

Agree!

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Dollymylove · 04/12/2025 20:52

Honeycottage · 04/12/2025 20:27

Completely different situation because Russia were the aggressor.
Israel are at war because they were attacked by an invasion of terrorists across the border into their country & hundreds of civilians i.e. babies, children women, elderly people were attacked, raped, mutilated, kidnapped & murdered. Israel were responding to acts of aggression by Hamas & then Hezbollah, Houtis, Iraq. They did not start the war.

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Yeah the flag wavers seem to have conveniently forgotten all that. Along with the treatment of females and gays

CalmShaker · 04/12/2025 20:52

Keep politics out of this, it's a musical competition for goodness sake.
No country should be excluded

newbluesofa · 04/12/2025 20:50

OmNomShiva · 04/12/2025 20:47

Unlike tens of thousands of children murdered by the state of Israel.

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I'm rolling my eyes at the OP, not sure why you feel the need to say this to me?

SnipSnipMrBurgess · 04/12/2025 20:49

Im Irish and I am glad that RTE has made this decision. I dont want my television licence fee to fund access to a competition that actively allows Israel to manipulate votes, harass contestants backstage and break the rules of the contest so blatantly.

If Russia cant compete, neither should Israel. Or any other country involved in sustained genocidal activities.

OmNomShiva · 04/12/2025 20:47

newbluesofa · 04/12/2025 20:37

It's just Eurovision I think you'll live 🙄

Unlike tens of thousands of children murdered by the state of Israel.

newbluesofa · 04/12/2025 20:37

It's just Eurovision I think you'll live 🙄

OmNomShiva · 04/12/2025 20:34

TBH Israel is NOT in Europe anyway. They should join the Middle East Song Contest.

icebearforpresident · 04/12/2025 20:32

I can see why Israel ‘defended’ itself, which in this context would have been a day or two of bombing. What they have done is genocide.Sustained genocide over a period of years.

The criticism with Eurovision is that the second Russian troops stepped into Ukraine they were kicked out of Eurovision. But Israel have came close to winning twice now since the invasion of Palestine and it would have been the end of the contest. I love Eurovision and I believe Israel has a right to exist but it’s not hard to see the hypocrisy in the situation the contest has found itself in.

OmNomShiva · 04/12/2025 20:31

Honeycottage · 04/12/2025 20:27

Completely different situation because Russia were the aggressor.
Israel are at war because they were attacked by an invasion of terrorists across the border into their country & hundreds of civilians i.e. babies, children women, elderly people were attacked, raped, mutilated, kidnapped & murdered. Israel were responding to acts of aggression by Hamas & then Hezbollah, Houtis, Iraq. They did not start the war.

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And Hamas attacked Israel because THEY had seen their children shot dead by the IDF. It’s primitive tit-for-tat that Israel and Hamas need to rise above. With the onus absolutely on Israel to take the lead to find PEACE, what with them holding literally all the power, all the agency, all the funds, and all the resources.

BerryTwister · 04/12/2025 20:30

Honeycottage · 04/12/2025 20:27

Completely different situation because Russia were the aggressor.
Israel are at war because they were attacked by an invasion of terrorists across the border into their country & hundreds of civilians i.e. babies, children women, elderly people were attacked, raped, mutilated, kidnapped & murdered. Israel were responding to acts of aggression by Hamas & then Hezbollah, Houtis, Iraq. They did not start the war.

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🤦‍♀️

OmNomShiva · 04/12/2025 20:29

hattie43 · 04/12/2025 20:00

Because Russia aggressively attacked a country . Isreal were defending themselves .

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Not sure how flattening an entire tract of urban population to literal dust and bone fragments is “defending yourself” to be honest.

Hankunamatata · 04/12/2025 20:29

hattie43 · 04/12/2025 20:00

Because Russia aggressively attacked a country . Isreal were defending themselves .

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What they have done literally obliterating every building in gaza isn't defending themselves

Honeycottage · 04/12/2025 20:27

Berlinlover · 04/12/2025 19:29

If Russia aren’t allowed to participate in the Eurovision why should Israel be?

Completely different situation because Russia were the aggressor.
Israel are at war because they were attacked by an invasion of terrorists across the border into their country & hundreds of civilians i.e. babies, children women, elderly people were attacked, raped, mutilated, kidnapped & murdered. Israel were responding to acts of aggression by Hamas & then Hezbollah, Houtis, Iraq. They did not start the war.

scoobysnaxx · 04/12/2025 20:23

Israel has completely gone past defending itself.

they have committed genocide and ethnic cleansing.

of course they shouldn’t compete.

and just don’t with the anti-semetism comments I’m far from it and sick and tired to death of being accused of it because I stand with Palestine.

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