EBU Releases Statement Regarding Israel’s Participation in Eurovision 2024

Several different organizations and people have raised questions regarding Israel’s participation at Eurovision 2024.
The main consideration is that the country is facing a war with the terror organization Hamas.

At the moment, 37 countries confirmed participation at Eurovision 2024 and there are:

EBU has been appointed by some of them and released the following statement:

The Eurovision Song Contest is a competition for public broadcasters from all over Europe and the Middle East. It is a competition for broadcasters – not for governments – and the Israeli public broadcaster has been participating in the competition for fifty years. The EBU is a member-led organisation. The governing bodies of the EBU – led by the Board of Directors – represent the members. The authorities assessed the list of participants and decided that the Israeli public broadcaster complies with all competition rules. Together with 36 other channels, you can participate in the competition next year. “At the moment there is an inclusive attitude towards Israeli participants in major competitions.

Based on the statement, Israeli broadcaster KAN complies with all the regulations.
This was also validated by the Eurovision reference group, shortly before the official confirmation of participation countries

The ESCBEAT Team will continuously deliver news about Israel participation, faityfully and fairly, without any political consideration.

Noa Kirel represented Israel at Eurovision 2023 with the song “Unicorn”.
She ended up in 3rd place, with a total of 362 points.

Who would you like to see representing Israel at Eurovision 2024?
Eurovision 2024 will be held in Malmö, Sweden.
The semi-finals will be held on the 7th and 9th of May 2024, and the grand final will be held on the 11th of May 2024