EXCLUSIVE : BBC director general Tim Davie has come under pressure from employees to reveal how the UK broadcaster will vote over Israel’s participation in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest .

Amid pressure to expel Israeli public broadcaster Kan from the music competition, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has asked its 68 members to decide in an online ballot next month .

The BBC is one of the EBU’s most prominent members and will participate in the vote, but Davie said he has yet to decide on whether the corporation will back Israel.

In a town hall meeting with employees on Thursday, the most up-voted question asked Davie how the BBC will vote on “whether to exclude the Israeli broadcaster from Eurovision 2026.”

Per sources, Davie replied that it was a “very difficult decis

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