"Ireland, which has been critical of Israel's war on Gaza, will withdraw from next year's Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is permitted to compete, the national broadcaster RTE has announced. The broadcaster in a statement on Thursday said participating would be unconscionable as a result of Israel's war on Gaza. list of 4 itemsend of list Ireland has taken one of the strongest stances against Israel's atrocities in Gaza and joined South Africa's International Court of Justice (ICJ) case accusing Israel of committing genocide."
"The ICJ in its interim order in January last year said Israel must take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. Numerous rights organisations have said Israel's war in Gaza is genocide. Israel has closed its Dublin embassy in protest against Ireland's criticism of its military actions against Palestinians. Israel has participated in Eurovision as a longtime member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organises and coproduces the annual event."
"Eurovision is organised by the EBU in cooperation with its members, national public service broadcasters such as RTE, in more than 35 countries. Recent editions of Eurovision have been overshadowed by opposition to Israel's participation in the contest over its continuing military assault on Gaza, which has killed more than 64,000 people. Currently, the Israeli army has been carrying out relentless bombardments of Gaza City to force its nearly 1 million residents to flee."
RTE announced that Ireland will withdraw from next year's Eurovision if Israel is permitted to compete, calling participation unconscionable because of Israel's war on Gaza and the appalling loss of lives. Ireland joined South Africa's ICJ case accusing Israel of committing genocide; the ICJ issued an interim order in January saying Israel must take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. Numerous rights organisations have labelled the war genocide. Israel closed its Dublin embassy in protest at Ireland's criticism. Eurovision is organised by the EBU with national public broadcasters; recent editions have been overshadowed by opposition to Israel's participation amid bombardments that killed more than 64,000 people and forced mass displacement.
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