The NetherlandsThe Netherlands is no place for Jews, says Dutch Eurovision winner after retirement home cancels her concertEven if you are a ‘good Jew’ in their eyes, sooner or later they will turn on you, Lenny Khur tells the JCBy Bart Schut2 min read
EurovisionDutch retirement home cancels concert from Jewish Eurovision winner after pro-Palestine protestsLenny Kuhr was due to perform at the Rosa Spier House as one of her final dates before retiring and moving to IsraelBy Canaan Lidor2 min read
EurovisionHelen Mirren and Sharon Osbourne among the stars welcoming Israel’s inclusion in EurovisionHeeding calls for a boycott would have been ‘inversion of justice’ says letter signed by more a thousand members of entertainment industryBy JC Reporter2 min read
By Stephen DaisleyThe one Israel boycott I back is Eurovision. The contest is trashI’m a passionate Zionist. But a man has his limits, and while I’ll gladly defend checkpoints, settlements and exploding pagers, I draw the line at Netta Barzilai impersonating a chicken4 min read
EurovisionIsrael will sing at Eurovision 2026 after expulsion attempt failsIreland, Spain and Netherlands announce they are boycotting the song contest in Vienna next May in response to decision at meeting of European Broadcasting UnionBy JC Reporter1 min read
By Stephen PollardIsraeli lives don’t count: what the celebrity crusade for Barghouti says about our ‘elites’A cast of household names, from Stephen Fry to Sting, demand the release of a man convicted of directing deadly terror attacks. I doubt any of them would ever work again if he had been convicted in the UK and his victims were British3 min read
EurovisionIsrael’s future in Eurovision to be decided in controversial vote within daysEurovision experts claim the very future of the competition could hang in the balanceBy Siam Goorwich2 min read
Eurovision set to change rules following Israel’s public vote successCompetition organisers are set to crack down on third-party promotional campaigns and limit the number of votes per viewerBy Jacob Jaffa1 min read||November 21, 2025 10:14
Keep politics out of Eurovision and build bridges, says Bucks Fizz singer Jay AstonThe singer, who triumphed at Eurovision in 1981, also expressed her hope that the hostages are releasedBy Elisa Bray2 min read||September 17, 2025 13:06
Spain votes to boycott Eurovision 2026 if Israel competesSpain is the fifth country to threaten withdrawal over Israel's participationBy Siam Goorwich1 min read||September 16, 2025 14:30
BBC will not rule out Israel Eurovision boycottThe corporation added, however, that the song contest ‘has never been led by politics’By Siam Goorwich2 min read||September 16, 2025 10:15
Ireland says it will not participate in Eurovision 2026 if Israel is includedThey said that “Ireland's participation would be unconscionable given the ongoing and appalling loss of lives in Gaza”By JC Reporter1 min read||September 11, 2025 17:23
Meet Daniel Peretz, the Bayern Munich goalkeeper and half of Israel’s ‘Posh and Becks’ super coupleDaniel Peretz is engaged to Israeli pop star Noa Kirel and tells the JC about life as a football star in GermanyBy Ahron Asher Moss4 min read||July 28, 2025 12:21
Golan reaches the heights! Israel's Eurovision champion returns home proud and resilientEden Golan defied hate and came fifth after huge swing in public vote for IsraelBy Jane Prinsley3 min read||May 13, 2024 15:42
Norway Eurovision judge admits refusing to vote for Israel over Gaza warDaniel Johansen Elmrhari posted a video on Instagram to explain that he did not play a part in awarding Israel 8 pointsBy Elisa Bray1 min read||May 13, 2024 12:57
Pro-Palestine Irish contestant who lost out to Eden Golan launches profanity-filled rantBambie Thug accused Eurovision organisers of failing to ‘follow up’ on ‘incitement’ by an Israeli broadcasterBy JC Reporter2 min read||May 12, 2024 11:03
