The Spanish prime minister has called for Israel to be banned from the Eurovision Song Contest over its military action in Gaza. Pedro Sánchez noted Russia has been banned from the contest since ...

Spanish broadcasters have risked incurring a substantial penalty after flouting Eurovision Song Contest ... Palestine campaigners protesting against Israel's participation in the contest.

The Eurovision song contest should exclude Israel, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday, expressing solidarity with “the people of Palestine who are experiencing the injustice of ...

This is the third year in a row that popular votes for Israel vastly outstripped the number of votes it received from the national juries.

Pedro Sanchez said that the exclusion of Russia, but not Israel, meant that Eurovision organisers were “allowing double standards”.

Elsewhere broadcasters in Spain, Ireland and Slovenia have called for a debate on Israel's involvement. Before the final, Pro-Palestine demonstrators marched on Eurovision to demand an end to ...

The controversy escalated when Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez publicly called for Israel to be excluded from Eurovision due to its ongoing military campaign in Gaza. “No one objected when ...