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Joy Saha

Israel can participate in Eurovision

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced Thursday that Israel can compete in this year’s Eurovision song contest, despite worldwide calls urging the union to exclude Israel from this year’s showcase over the Gaza conflict. 

“The Eurovision song contest is a non-political music event and a competition between public service broadcasters who are members of the EBU. It is not a contest between governments,” the EBU director general, Noel Curran, said in a statement, per Guardian.

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