On February 25, 2022, just one day after Moscow's troops launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EBU banned Russia, stating that allowing it to be represented "would bring the competition into disrepute".Critics have decried what they see as a double standard given Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.The EBU says it is a competition between broadcasters and argues that, unlike Russia’s state broadcasters, Israeli broadcaster Kan is resisting the government’s efforts to privatise or shut it down, thereby positioning it as somewhat independent of the state.It is a position that Goracak disagrees with, pointing out that it was Netanyahu’s goverment...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
