Eurovision

Netherlands backs out of Eurovision in apparent U-turn over Israel

The country had previously withdrawn from the contest, but then rejoined before pulling out once more, citing ‘sensitivities’ around the event

By Jacob Jaffa

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Joost Klein representing the Netherlands during the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmö Arena, in Malmö, Sweden, on May 9, 2024 (Getty Images)

By Anonymous

A teacher steeped in hate: not Vichy France but UK 2026

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Dutch singer Claude Kiambe, representing the Netherlands with the song 'C'est La Vie', parades during the flag ceremony prior to the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel, Switzerland, on May 17, 2025 (Getty Images)

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Netherlands to return to Eurovision in reversal of Israel boycott

By JC Reporter

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Eurovision Song Contest

Ireland drops out of Eurovision 2027 over Israeli involvement

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Eurovision

Israel could face ban on hosting Eurovision

By Gabrielle Apfel

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The Netherlands

The Netherlands is no place for Jews, says Dutch Eurovision winner after retirement home cancels her concert

By Bart Schut

2 min read

Eurovision

Dutch retirement home cancels concert from Jewish Eurovision winner after pro-Palestine protests

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

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Helen Mirren and Sharon Osbourne among the stars welcoming Israel’s inclusion in Eurovision

Heeding calls for a boycott would have been ‘inversion of justice’ says letter signed by more a thousand members of entertainment industry

By JC Reporter

2 min read

April 19, 2026 13:32

Israel's Yuval Raphael sings in the Eurovision final in Switzerland last year (Harold Cunningham/Getty Images)

By Stephen Daisley

The one Israel boycott I back is Eurovision. The contest is trash

I’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 chicken

4 min read

December 10, 2025 11:01

Netta Barzilai aka Netta representing Israel in her winning performance at Eurovision 2018. (Image: Getty)

Israel will sing at Eurovision 2026 after expulsion attempt fails

Ireland, Spain and Netherlands announce they are boycotting the song contest in Vienna next May in response to decision at meeting of European Broadcasting Union

By JC Reporter

1 min read

December 4, 2025 18:36

Israel's Yuval Raphael at the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel last May (Photo by Harold Cunningham/Getty Images)

By Stephen Pollard

Israeli 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 British

3 min read

December 3, 2025 12:42