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Eurovision: Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez calls for Israel to be banned - BBC News (www.bbc.com)

submitted 3 months ago by mannycalavera@feddit.uk to c/eurovision@lemmy.world

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Is the EBU going to ban Spain do you think?

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[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (22 children)

ahh yes the well known European country of Israel...

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (11 children)

I have always found it odd that Israel plays in UEFA European tournaments in football/soccer and yet Jordan, Lebanon, etc do not.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

+1 for Lebanon, and even Syria should be included

[–] Vittelius@feddit.org 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Lebanon is already allowed to compete (their national broadcaster Télé-Liban is a full EBU member) as is Egypt (National Media Authority), Algeria (Etablissement Public de Télévision Algérienne) and Tunisia (Télévision tunisienne). They just opt not to.

See https://www.ebu.ch/about/members

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

In this thread we are talking about inclusion in UEFA vs AFC vs CAF, not Eurovision. Lebanon is in the AFC, Egypt is in the CAF.

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