Yuval Raphael, Take Note: What Did the Eurovision Director Say About Israel’s Participation in Eurovision 2025?
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The Eurovision director who assumed his role this year, Martin Green, shares in an interview his perspective on Israel's participation in Eurovision 2025!
The new Eurovision director, Martin Green, who until now has maintained a low profile and refrained from personally addressing controversial issues, reveals his views on Israel's participation in Eurovision 2025 in a recent interview. As a reminder, Green's position was created following lessons learned by the European Broadcasting Union after the events of Eurovision 2024, and he works alongside the current contest supervisor, Martin Osterdahl from Sweden.
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When asked in the interview about Israel's participation in Eurovision, the interviewers—who were relatively hostile toward Israel—compared the situation to that of Russia, which, as is known, was disqualified from participating in the contest in 2022. Green clarified: "Countries don’t compete in Eurovision, public service broadcasters do." Green rejected the position of Stig Karlsen from Norway, who served as the head of the delegation that boycotted Israel in...







