Why is Israel in Eurovision even ? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/world/europe/eurovision-i...
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) that organises Eurovision covers a larger range than just Europe. In theory, there's a bunch of Levantine and North African countries that could also take part (Morocco turned up in 1980, and Lebanon in 2005). The more interesting question is why Australia is there, and that's because they were super fans who turned up as a one off in 2016. People liked having them around so they…
The whole of the Mediterranean north african countries would join if it was simply about the EBU. The answer is - as described in the article that I linked - that Israel is using Eurovision as a propaganda machine.
Kick them out.