If Israel is banned from competing at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest then host Austria will simply drop the event and walk away.

The promise was announced Wednesday when the leaders of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) and Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker and State Secretary Alexander Pröll said if there is a boycott against Israel’s participation in the contest set to be held in Vienna, then Austria’s national broadcaster ORF should not host the event, the website Eurovision Fun stated per a Jerusalem Post report .

The Eurovision Broadcasting Union (EBU), the body that runs the Eurovision Song Contest, recently announced its general assembly will hold a vote in November on whether Israel can participate.

This vote had been planned for December but was suddenly moved up.

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