The hours before Eurovision were marked by the controversy After the warning that the European Broadcasting Union (UER) sent RTVE for remembering the victims in Gaza during the second semifinal. In the letter, they also told them about economic sanctions In the event that these statements were repeated in the Saturday contest.
But the end of the song festival has not diluted the tension between Spanish public television and the uer. RTVE has asked the Eurovision organizer, open a debate to know if the televoto system “It is the most appropriate and if the war conflicts condition it“, As explained by the communication group during the news of the 1st of the 15 hours.
As reported by El País, this Monday will request an audit of the Spanish televotol after the surprise of yesterday’s results, in which Israel took the maximum score of 13 countries.
Israel’s remarkable rise
This announcement comes after the representative of Israel, Yuval Raphael, survivor of Hamas’s attacks, managed to win the televoto after Obtain only 60 jury points. The singer starred in a Incredible promotion during the televoto with 297 pointsabove Estonia (second with 258), Sweden (third with 195) and winner Austria (fourth with 178).
The final of the contest was marked by an impressive ascent of Israel, which achieved the Maximum score of twelve points in thirteen countries: In addition to Spain, also in Germany, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland and the ‘rest of the world’.
The controversy surrounded Yuval Raphael’s performance at all times. During the interpretation of the Israeli candidate They listened to boos and they saw Palestinian flags. In addition, two people tried to take the stage.
RTVE has announced that it will request that a debate about the Televoto be opened to assess whether the way it is done is the best, and stressed that “Several countries are also going to make the same request since they consider that the televoto is AFECTRATED BY THE MAKE CONFLICTS that are currently produced. “
Israel’s message to Pedro Sánchez
The Israeli minister of the diaspora and fight against anti -Semitism, Amichai Chikli, directed a message in X to the president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, about the score given by the Spanish televoto to Israel in Eurovision. “Sánchez, it seems that the Spaniards have spoken and the slap we have heard it here in Jerusalem “Says the minister in a brief message in Spanish accompanied by a list of the countries and the points given by the Spanish Televoto, headed by Israel, who received 12.
Chikli already criticized Sanchez last March during a Convention against Anti -Semitism organized by his department in Jerusalem, which was attended by several Members of European ultra -right parties, including Spanish Vox.
So, he said that Sánchez is “An anti -Semitic” for having encouraged the international community to recognize the Palestinian state “Right after the massacre” of October 7. “I don’t want any connection with Sánchez, I don’t respect Sanchez “, added.
RTVE does not yield
The warnings of the URU did not achieve a step back from RTVE, which despite not mentioning the victims of Gaza, launched an institutional message just before the beginning of Eurovision: “In front of human rights, the Silence is not an option. Peace and Justice for Palestine “was indicated in white letters on a black background.
The RTVE news councils, during the contest, also made their statement public in a statement “Concern about the threat” of the Uer. “From the RTVE.es and TVE Informative Councils we express our concern about the threat of the Uuer. Economically sanction RTVE If the conflict in Gaza is mentioned again for Eurovision, “the TVE Informative Council has published in its social network account next to a statement, after 22.00.
In the brief, in addition to repeating the quoted quoted, RTVE claims the right of the commentators Julia Varela and Tony AguilaR -When words on Thursday in the second semifinal of Eurovision were those that caused the complaint of the organization to assume “political statements” of being able to present “Freedom and responsibility.”