{"id":243,"date":"2025-12-08T03:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T03:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/?p=243"},"modified":"2026-02-02T11:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:28:00","slug":"un-rapporteur-welcomes-european-boycott-of-eurovision-over-israeli-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/08\/un-rapporteur-welcomes-european-boycott-of-eurovision-over-israeli-participation\/","title":{"rendered":"UN rapporteur welcomes European boycott of Eurovision over Israeli participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Boycott of Eurovision signals a shift in public accountability, says Francesca Albanese <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, said Sunday that Israel has faced no suspensions from major international bodies despite ongoing rights violations in Gaza, adding that a \u201cEuropean boycott\u201d of Eurovision signals a shift in public accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post on US social media company X, Albanese criticised what she described as a longstanding global tolerance of Israel\u2019s conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIsrael hasn&#8217;t been suspended from the UN, other int&#8217;l fora, UEFA, FIFA, FIBA or cultural events. Genocide continues because it is normalised,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her comments come amid growing public calls in several European countries for artists to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel\u2019s participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hidnetwork.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/infoGraphic_s_986a526e6e760ea8d05266816b19558e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Albanese said the mounting pushback marked a break from previous years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd then, just like that, accountability in the form of a European boycott begins. Eurovicious no more!\u201d she added, linking to an analysis piece on Substack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slovenia, Spain, the Netherlands and Ireland have so far said they will not participate, citing Israel\u2019s war on Gaza, while Iceland said it will hold further discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Boycott of Eurovision signals a shift in public accountability, says Francesca Albanese<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-243","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-conflict-zones"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions\/246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}