Fans accuse EBU of bias after Israel voting campaign triggers warning
TL;DR
Eurovision’s managing director issued a formal warning to Israel’s public broadcaster KAN after a multilingual promo urged audiences to vote 10 times for Israel; fans have launched a campaign claiming the EBU is unfairly targeting Israel and citing double standards, while the EBU says the issue was about promotional conduct rather than politics and will continue monitoring campaigns.
- A campaign by Eurovision fans calls out the EBU for unfairly targeting Israel The Jerusalem Post
- How Israel Turned Eurovision’s Stage Into a Soft Power Tool The New York Times
- EBU Statement on Israeli video campaign eurovision.com
- Eurovision warns Israel over call for viewers ‘to vote 10 times’ The Telegraph
- How to Win Eurovision With Just a Few Hundred Voters The New York Times
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