Resistance to participation in Israel reaches Kookpunt at Songfestival: why does the country participate at all?

The most discussed country at the Eurovision Song Contest is – for the second year in a row – Israel. Singer Yuval Raphael (24) is prepared for her to be booed tonight. International petitions, a TV spot on the VRT, a call for boycott, … the resistance to participation reaches the boiling point. Should Israel be excluded because of the war in Gaza? And why does a non-European country participate at all? “It became clear from the first participation that it was difficult.”

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