Eurovision to hold vote to determine whether Israel can participate in 2026 Contest

Erovision Song coordinates say on Friday that members of the members will vote in November.

According to a spokesman Dive Goodman, the European Broadcasting Union board, bringing a letter to the public and sent to members showing that vote will occur at the common meeting in the early November.

The votes will attend the Kan, Israeli community broadcaster, and a member of Ibu, will participate, Goodman said in the email. “The whole of the complete” vote will be required to be late, he said.

Countries including Ireland, Netherlands, Slovenia and Spanish threatening participation in Eurovision Song Contest unless Israel was put in a competition over the war in Gaza.

Germany and Austria set up Israel’s fellowship. Some national rulers, including BBC, do not make the decision.

Kan, the Israelite broadcaster, and he wrote on Thursday to X that he hoped to “continue to support their ownership and non-political traditions.”

District, political rivals

European competitores where players from international country, and fewer than it competes, competed under their national flags for a crown of the populator – POP Olympic music.

It is also a place in politics and regional arguments.

In 2024, the promoters told Israel to change songs and the name of its entry, at first they had a title October’s RainIn the obvious reference to the attack of Hamas border in Oct. 7, 2023, that killed about 1,2200 Israelites and had caused a war. The song was renamed Hurricane And the Israeli Israelian artist in Eden Golan was allowed to stay in the race.

Pro-Palestine and Pro-Israels Askey also has happened in Eurovision two years ago.

The polling of Israel “is one of the largest problems that have been faced with eurovision, because it has the power to be based in the organization,” Dean Akathetic, a professional in the Eurovision history.

Vality contrast next to Yugoslavia in the early years 1990s (due to the warfare in Belarus were violating the laws of political bodies) and Russia in 2022 (above its full war in Ukraine. In part, Russia restarted its international song contest called intervention, and the last weekend.

Last week, Austria’s foreign minister expressed concern as some countries were thinking about the events of her country, emphasizing that competition.

He wrote to X that he had written his European colleagues to find ways to “improve the condition of Israel and Gaza” together.

Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place in May in Vienna. The fame of handling is provided by a successful year.

The Winner of This year Basel, Switzerland, was JJ of Austria with a song Sparked love.