Kan, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, expresses its firm hope that the Eurovision Song Contest will continue to uphold its cultural and non-political identity.
The potential disqualification of Israelโs public broadcaster KAN - one of the contestโs long-standing, popular, and successful participants - would be especially troubling ahead of the 70th edition of the song contest, which was founded as a symbol of unity, solidarity, and fellowship. Any such move could have wide-ranging implications for the competition and the values for which the EBU stands.
The EBU Statutes stipulate for a good reason that extraordinary decisions of this kind require a 75% majority of the General Assembly - an exceptional majority. We are confident that the EBU will safeguard the contestโs professional, cultural, and non-political character as it marks the historic 70 years milstone of uniting by music.