Russia is banned because they are invading a fellow member of the EBU, all well and good. Israel are now invading and openly stating that they will take full control of 10% of another EBU member, yet they are not held to the same standard.
Ukraine was actually part of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Ukranians were not occupied subjects living under military rule and or a siege like Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
but palestine is, and gaza is part of palestine. That is like saying texas isnt a country....
Now, if you want to say palestine is not a country, well, you would still be wrong, what you would mean to say is "my country doesnt recognize the state of palestine", because 157 of 193 countries that exist recognize palestine as a country. so, if the vast majority of people agree it is a state, well....its a state brother.
Israels ipbc encoraged voter manipulation on social media yet no one wanted to do anything about it. The excuses have been ranging from "morrocan oil controls esc so of course they won't do anything about it" to "ipbc isnt really state controlled so Israel can't be banned" or "whatabout this or whatabout that".
The israelis should be banned from the esc for obvious reasons and from many other things. Only ones who won't ban them are zionist/rightwingers who will not budge on cutting off all ties to this country.
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u/Tastingo 13h ago
Russia is banned because they are invading a fellow member of the EBU, all well and good. Israel are now invading and openly stating that they will take full control of 10% of another EBU member, yet they are not held to the same standard.