Israel sweeps televoting in Eurovision despite the left-wing boycott and the anti-Semitic explosion in the West

2024-05-12 10:19:45

The most controversial Eurovision contest in recent decades has been preceded by rampant Western anti-Semitism, evidenced by many of the public demonstrations by Western rulers—especially the Government of Pedro Sánchez—and by the pro-Palestinian camps in Europe’s universities. and the US and for the attempts to boycott the participation of the representative of Israel, Eden Golanwho has had to surround himself with extreme security measures.

In Spain, where the Government is clearly anti-Semitic, summerthe vice president’s party Yolanda Diazopenly pointed out that Israel should never have participated in this edition of Eurovision.

Israel should never have participated in this edition of Eurovision.

A festival of unity and diversity cannot be the occasion to whitewash a genocide. Long live free Palestine.

— Summer (@summer) May 11, 2024

The vice president herself complained that public television should not have participated in a contest that had become “a an act of propaganda in the midst of a genocide“. And he warned: “We are going to study the necessary measures so that RTVE does not support Eurovision again under these conditions”.

Our public television cannot allow a contest that defends peace and diversity to become an act of propaganda in the midst of a genocide.

We are going to study the necessary measures so that RTVE does not support Eurovision again under these conditions.

— Yolanda Díaz (@Yolanda_Diaz_) May 11, 2024

The former Podemos ministers expressed themselves in similar terms, Irene Montero y Ione Herb and many other public and non-public actors on social networks, where calls for a boycott against Eden Golan have been continuous in recent days.

Well, when it comes to counting the popular vote through the various televoting systems, 14 countries, including Spain, gave it 12 points —highest score in the contest— to the Israeli singer.

This is the moment in which, with very little enthusiasm on the part of the RTVE presenters, it is announced that Televoting gives 323 points to Israelmomentarily placing Eden Golan in first place in the rankings.

“Hay whistles, logically“, “you already heard it, boos, here at Malmö Arena“… and a somewhat enthusiastic and rather resigned “good” followed the communication of the 323 votes for Israel by the Spanish public television presenters.

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Such is the contrast between the boycott of Israel by politicians and institutions, especially in Spain, which the Israeli ambassador in our country has thanked the Spanish people for the 12 points of televoting.

Thanks to the Spanish public who gave Eden Golan, Israel’s representative at Eurovision, the highest score – 12 points!
🇪🇸🫶🇮🇱

— Ambassador of Israel 🇮🇱 (@Isr_Amb_Esp) May 12, 2024

“Thank you to the Spanish public who gave Eden Golan, Israel’s representative at Eurovision, the highest score – 12 points!” has pointed out on the social network X.

If the Eurovision 2024 festival has revealed anything, it is that the growing antisemitism of Western governments and institutionsfrom the Reina Sofía Museum to the Universities, does not seem to have extended to the citizens of those countries.