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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Molly Quell

After pushback, the Dutch reverse course and withdraw from Eurovision again

Netherlands Eurovision - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The Netherlands announced on Tuesday that it was withdrawing from participating in the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel's participation, reversing a decision in September to return to the show.

NPO, the umbrella organization for public broadcasters in the country, announced in September it would send a performer to the glitzy pop gala after a subsidiary had said a month earlier it would boycott the contest for a second year.

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