It's a German tradition dating back all the way to 2002.
Humiliated teams by Germany since then:
2002 - Saudi-Arabia
2006 - Costa Rica
2010 - Australia
2014 - Brazil
2018 - Germany
2022 - Germany
2026 - Curacao
Well EBU, you changed the public vote rules, you issued a warning, but there are still bad faith actors flouting the rules on Israel's behalf.
They are determined not to play fair.
At this point, a suspension is in order. Have Israel sit out 2027 and contemplate their future.
@mo_marra@MichaelRosenYes@richardosman And with Arsenal having been in the top flight continuously since 1919, that covers all of those seasons - as well as the letters R and N.
An open discussion i can get on board with, but I feel that a vote should still happen, even if delayed till Dec.
AVROTROS and others have raised questions regarding disrepute and foreign press restrictions which, though not down to KAN directly, do need to be answered frankly.
π¨ The vote to determine Israel's participation in #Eurovision 2026 will no longer take place in November, the EBU has confirmed today.
Instead, an "open and in-person discussion" will take place at the EBU General Assembly in December. No vote is currently planned.