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Spanish Prime Minister called for banning Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest for his hostilities.
Pedro Sanchez Note Russia is prohibited from the competition since 2022 After the invasion of Ukraine and said that there should be no “double standards”.
On Saturday, Israel finished second in the grand finale of the competition in Switzerland, but headed the public vote – with Spanish viewers gave Israel a maximum of 12 points.
The Israeli Minister on Diaspora Amichi Chikley made fun of Sanchez with a position on social media, which states that the vote was “slap in the face” for the Spanish Prime Minister “, which we heard here in Jerusalem.”
BBC News asked Eurovision organizers at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to comment.
Speaking to a press conference in Madrid, Sanchez said: “Nobody took a weapon when the Russian invasion began three years ago and (Russia) had to leave international competitions and could not participate, as we had just seen, in Eurovision.
“Therefore, Israel should not, because what we cannot afford is double standards in culture.”
He also expressed solidarity with the “Palestine people who are experiencing the injustice of war and bombing.”
“Spain’s commitment to international law and human rights must be constant and must be agreed,” he said. “Europe should also be.”
Sanchez and his government, which officially recognized the Palestinian state last year, were cruel critics of Israel, and last week in Congress, the Prime Minister called the country a “genocidal state”.
Israel severely denied the allegation of genocide, and his Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned Spain’s ambassador for official reprimanding on Sanchez’s “serious remarks”.
In Eurovision in Spain, TV, Yuval Rafael has entered the country’s Israel Maximum Points for his song. Spain the broadcast network RTVE Since then Request Audit Voices.
On the eve of the Eurovision final on Saturday, RTVE came on the broadcast of the Palestinians – despite the fact that it was warned to avoid the gas gas links.
Entry into Spain, ESA Diva by Melody, took 24th place on Saturday night in Basel.
