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The israeli ambassador in France should already have been kicked out a while ago for a myriad of reasons, I'm ashamed my country is so spineless.

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Europeans couldn't even get Israel out of a silly pop song contest, so it seems a bit hopeless to expect any actual political action.

Israel literally owns that contest. By what reasoning could the EU force the owner of a silly song contest to exclude their own country?

They don’t own the contest, an Israeli company sponsors Eurovision.

I suspect the song on Israeli participation is not over yet, but that’s a side tangent.

A sponsored business is effectively owned by its sponsors

> A sponsored business is effectively owned by its sponsors

This is nonsese. The business is owned by its owners. Sponsors are the customers. For multinational staples like Eurovision, sponsors get limited say.

well they did it against russia RTnews and even today russian players are treated like trash in Europe. just look at tennis for instance.

Rogue states will attack Western democracy. It's a tale as old as... Well, actually, in the past few years, this one has done more on that front than all the others combined.

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