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Who is boycotting Eurovision 2026?

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After the European Broadcasting Union announced in December 2025 that Israel would be returning as a participant in 2026, the national broadcasters of Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Iceland announced that they were boycotting the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. The actions of the Israeli military in the war in Gaza and the resulting humanitarian crisis had been a concern since 2024, but an unprecedented vote-lobbying campaign by the Israeli government in the 2025 contest raised a host of new objections.