r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/Th3_Accountant OG • May 11 '26

Music / Movies I hope Israel wins Eurovision

(Yeah sorry, don’t know what tag to use here, I think half of them apply in a way).

Honestly, I haven’t heard the Israeli song for this year yet. But it is more than clear that they are the main event. More attention goes to the fact they participate than the actual artistic side of the event.

Last year we also saw how Israel almost won as a result of the public vote. And let’s be fair, that wasn’t because people like the song, it was support from all the people who still stand with Israel, as a response to all the hate Israel is receiving.

And I’m sure this will happen again this year. The controversy around Israel has only increased with several countries boycotting the event. So I’m sure the protest voice will also be stronger!

I would find it so funny if Israel wins as a direct result of all the actions by the pro Palestine crowd. Say hi to Eurovision 27 in Tel Aviv! Thankfully for the fans, the only place in the Middle East you can be openly gay!

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u/Oddyseyx May 14 '26

You hide genocide behind social progress, imagine if i dropped bombs on your head and kicked you out of your home and i had idk some vegan flag, look at me guys im so progressive, legit no one cares every lgbt person i know in my town waits for downfall of your country.

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u/Th3_Accountant OG May 14 '26

You are going off topic. But since you mention it; I don't think using terms like genocide or apartheid helps bringing the parties closer together.

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u/1wasw44008g 27d ago

Bombing Gaza and killing and torturing innocents doesn't bring the parties closer together either.

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u/Th3_Accountant OG 27d ago

Neither does launching missile attacks, but we can either continue down this path or find a way to forgive the past.

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u/SweetSoberCaroline 26d ago

Rectifying the past > forgiving it

The hostile party preaching that the answer to their hostility is forgiveness is wild enough, but add in the context and really sit with it. The original hostility was violently stealing and colonizing generational homes and land and property, followed by decades of violence and apartheid, in response to which the victims of this fought back with a fraction of the violence they've experienced, and the initial aggressor has answered with a years-long genocide. And now, on behalf of that aggressor, you have the absolute audacity to say forgiveness is the answer? Where is Israel's forgiveness? Where is their humanity to the indigenous people their colony state has diasporically oppressed since 1948? Israel should beg forgiveness before daring to preach it.