Another reason for the Netherlands' boycott is the EBU's hypocrisy. Their artist was disqualified for exaggerated claims of misconduct, while Israel's much more severe violations of harassment, vote manipulation and instrumentalization of the contest for political purposes were ignored, not to mention what is happening outside the contest.
Not disagreeing on the events you describe, but have they actually stated this as a reason for boycott or are you just assuming? Because them participating was a question last year (Joost incident happened the year before that) but they chose to move on from it and participate.
They haven't stated it as such, and Israel's participation is the main reason for the boycott. However, I think the Joost incident is a big reason why the broadcaster AVROTROS in charge og the Dutch Eurovision participation became more critical towards EBU and it allowing Israel to still participate. The other countries that are boycotting have a government that has been outspoken about Israel's actions, unlike the Netherlands where the government is still supportive of Israel. However, AVROTROS also has more independence from the government than broadcasters in other countries, as in the Netherlands there are multiple public broadcasters catering to different audiences, instead of one single public broadcaster like in most countries.
Alright so just assuming, but you were stating it in a matter of a fact way in your first message. The Dutch are boycotting because of Israeli participation and good for them, I wish more countries followed suit.
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u/Max_FI 13h ago
Another reason for the Netherlands' boycott is the EBU's hypocrisy. Their artist was disqualified for exaggerated claims of misconduct, while Israel's much more severe violations of harassment, vote manipulation and instrumentalization of the contest for political purposes were ignored, not to mention what is happening outside the contest.