Eurovision and Israel

I am against the inclusion of Israel in Eurovision for the same reason that I do not think that Australia or Armenia should be in it.

This year, I think Israel should be banned for the same reasons that Russia should be banned.

Let me say that I want a Jewish state to exist. Unlike Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas, I want a two state solution, one based on the Oslo Accords. I think that the attacks of October the 7th 2023 were evil, and after that, I backed Israeli military action in Gaza. But Israel has been ‘overzealous’ in what they have done and the human cost went what could be termed acceptable ages ago.  We rightly have imposed sanctions on Russia for what it is doing, and while I do not call for the same with Israel, while the nation acts in an appalling way to Christians and Muslims in the manner it is doing, I think we should have similar sanctions imposed as we do for Hamas.

But while I am not going to boycott Eurovision, I will not knowingly buy anything from Israel for now.