Public broadcasters are meeting to discuss whether Israel should be excluded from the Eurovision Song Contest over alleged interference in last year’s competition and its continued genocidal war on Gaza .

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which brings together member broadcasters organising the feel-good music contest, launched two days of talks on the divisive issue on Thursday, ahead of the 70th edition in Vienna next May.

The debate, which has seen countries like Iceland, Ireland , Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands threaten to walk out of next year’s contest if Israel takes part, was supposed to be settled with a vote in November.

But a few days after the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas on October 10, which Israel has now violated nearly 6

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