Dutch broadcast company AVROTROS has announced that the Netherlands will boycott the 2026 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to compete. The Netherlands is the fifth country to announce a planned boycott of the event, which is scheduled to be held in Vienna.
I don’t think they found a spine so much as they’ve seen the turning of the tide in the media re: Israel Palestine conflict, with several major media outlets running pieces agreeing that it’s a genocide in the last month or so (BBC, Sky, Reuters, etc).
Aside - I also would like to understand what the turning point was with these media groups where they suddenly pivoted from “Israel are purely defending themselves” to “this is a campaign of genocide”. Its like they hit some arbitrary number. 67,026 = self defence, 67,027 = oh gosh oh wow that’s genocide.
I don’t think they found a spine so much as they’ve seen the turning of the tide in the media re: Israel Palestine conflict, with several major media outlets running pieces agreeing that it’s a genocide in the last month or so (BBC, Sky, Reuters, etc).
Aside - I also would like to understand what the turning point was with these media groups where they suddenly pivoted from “Israel are purely defending themselves” to “this is a campaign of genocide”. Its like they hit some arbitrary number. 67,026 = self defence, 67,027 = oh gosh oh wow that’s genocide.
It’s a proxy war against the USA.