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Ireland, Slovenia, and Spain will not show Eurovision this week [because Israel]
AFP via RTÉ News ^ | Monday, 11 May 2026 17:25

Posted on 05/11/2026 12:50:15 PM PDT by Olog-hai

RTÉ and other public service broadcasters in Slovenia and Spain will not show the Eurovision Song Contest this week as they boycott the event over Israel’s participation.

The world’s biggest live televised music event holds its first semi-final in the Austrian capital Vienna on Tuesday, bringing together participants from 35 countries — the fewest since entry was expanded in 2004.

Five countries — Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain — are boycotting the contest over Israel’s war in Gaza. […]

During Saturday’s grand final, RTÉ One will show the animated family comedy Mummies and the acclaimed John McGahern adaptation That They May Face the Rising Sun.

On the night, RTÉ2 will repeat the Father Ted Eurovision episode A Song for Europe at 9pm, followed by The Saturday Game. …

(Excerpt) Read more at rte.ie ...


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; eurovision; eussr; fartyshadesofgreen; fartyshadesofjihad; fourthreich; ireland; israel; rop; slovenia; spain; waronterror

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1 posted on 05/11/2026 12:50:15 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Here’s Germany’s entry...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fk0KCF5lsY


2 posted on 05/11/2026 12:52:15 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Wonder how long that’ll stay up on Censortube.

Interesting to see Göbbels on the drums.


3 posted on 05/11/2026 12:56:46 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

The crying Frenchman was chef’s kiss.


4 posted on 05/11/2026 12:59:16 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Olog-hai

I wonder if Melania has commented on Slovenia?


5 posted on 05/11/2026 1:03:09 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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And Goering was looking trim.


6 posted on 05/11/2026 1:04:17 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Five countries — Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain — are boycotting the contest over Israel’s war in Gaza.

Well, someone in the Netherlands pointed out where Anne Frank and her family were hiding and they were captured and sent to concentration camps, so I guess there's still plenty of Jew haters there.

7 posted on 05/11/2026 1:43:15 PM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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The Netherlands had the highest percentage of volunteers to serve in the Waffen SS of any occupied country.


8 posted on 05/11/2026 1:46:52 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Olog-hai

“Ofra Haza is widely considered one of Israel’s best and most influential singers, known internationally as the “Madonna of the East” and ranked among Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. She successfully blended traditional Yemenite-Mizrahi music with Western pop, achieving significant global success.” I guess they don’t like her.


9 posted on 05/11/2026 1:56:37 PM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: Olog-hai

When did Melania’s home country become such a jew-hating cesspool?


10 posted on 05/11/2026 1:59:03 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Olog-hai

The Irish have long been anti-Semites. The IRA used to work with the PLO to kill Jews.


11 posted on 05/11/2026 2:30:43 PM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: montag813

And Iceland also.


12 posted on 05/11/2026 2:31:53 PM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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Their PM signed the Condolence book at the German Embassy when Hitler blew his brains out.


13 posted on 05/11/2026 2:32:45 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Olog-hai

What a bunch of muslim children


14 posted on 05/11/2026 2:38:42 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: Olog-hai

The Spanish Inquisition has returned.


15 posted on 05/11/2026 2:44:45 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: dfwgator

Or whatever passed for his brains!


16 posted on 05/11/2026 3:08:18 PM PDT by Jean2
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To: dfwgator

“And Goering was looking trim.”

He used the new potassium cyanide diet drug.

It’s all the rage.


17 posted on 05/11/2026 3:23:40 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Olog-hai

As a DNA relative of Michael Collins I am ashamed of my family’s country of origin. Shame on you Ireland. You bellows yourself regularly.


18 posted on 05/11/2026 3:52:17 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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