Politics gets in the way of pop as Israel’s war in Gaza overshadows Eurovision Song Contest

Oh shit, sorry our freaking out about babies being murdered by Israel is disturbing your music, you fucknozzles.

If you call genocide "politics", yes. Some of us would say Israel's ongoing genocidal slaughter of tens of thousands of children and adults is what "gets in the way of pop".

Sorry, you can't keep politics aside when Israel is competing.

I hope they get nul points though.

Yeah, acts of genocide should over shadow a student music competition, u callus assholes

people have bitched about politics in eurovision since the start. you can predict half the scores based on politics as it is.

The biggest problem of racist libs pretending they are just following rules is that they can't claim they are just separating politics from the event. Because they broke all those rules to ban Russia.

a) politics is always involved in eurovision, especially when it comes to country voting

b) this is karma for that god awful chicken song winning over eleni foureia in 2018

This is the best summary I could come up with:

MALMÖ, Sweden — Behind the music, color and high camp, geopolitics has never been far from the surface at the Eurovision Song Contest, be it through subtly political lyrics, boycotts or the outright ban on Russia after it invaded Ukraine two years ago.

And as thousands of people flock to the coastal city for the event, large protests are taking place over Israel’s participation in the competition, including on Thursday, ahead of Israeli representative Eden Golan's semi-final performance.

The decision by the contest’s organizer, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), to ban Russia after it invaded Ukraine was something she agreed with, she said, adding that she thought it was hypocritical to let Israel compete while it waged war in Gaza.

While they did not demand a ban for Israel, artists from the U.K., Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, San Marino and Switzerland signed a joint statement calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, where almost 35,000 people have been killed since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

Having initially balked at the idea, Israeli public broadcaster Kan, which manages the country’s entry, eventually amended the song, now called “Hurricane,” following an intervention from President Isaac Herzog.

Yair said some artists had tried to skirt the ban on overtly political statements by using more subtle elements in staging or costume, and he said he expected Israel would try in some way to commemorate Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on the country.

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