While terrorists and their supporters put on a show, pretending, lying, and performing to gain sympathy, there are countries in Europe that watch all of this and end up admiring the wrong side. They see armed men who filmed themselves kidnapping babies and tying them to dogs, and their conclusion is that Israel is the problem.
There’s something almost comical about the fact that Eurovision, a singing competition long known mainly for glittery costumes and jokes about Eastern European countries, has become the world’s moral battlefield. Because really, there’s no better place than an event where half the countries forget the English lyrics to decide who’s right in a war.
And of course, once again, Israel is at the center of the storm. Some countries announce they “refuse to perform alongside a state committing genocide.” A sentence that’s truly impressive in one certainty: nobody who says it bothered to check what actually happened. Why bother with facts when you can just shout slogans dramatically and wait for applause?
It’s especially great when they completely ignore the fact that the war itself is long over, that it started after a terror organization murdered, raped, and kidnapped civilians… and that it was that same organization that violated the ceasefire agreement.
But why get confused with details? This is Eurovision, not a commission of inquiry.
It’s much easier to protest Israel than to protest those who are holding hostages, refuse to release them, and openly declare that the whole thing will happen again. Because protesting terrorists is dangerous, but protesting a country that makes excellent hummus and prints cutting-edge tech innovations? That’s easy. And nobody wants trouble right before their song about “universal love” takes the stage.
The whole phenomenon could be a stand-up routine on its own: countries that would never boycott anyone for actual crimes, countries that handle protesters with water cannons or only allow girls to vote if accompanied by a male relative, now sitting on the high moral chair telling Israel how it should behave.
And then comes the most absurd part: those same countries praise the side that started the war and boycott the side that tried to save its citizens. It’s like blaming the firefighter for showing up to put out a burning house while the arsonist stands on the side yelling, “See? He’s using too much water!”
I promise you, if Bill Maher were talking about this, he’d say something like: “Eurovision, you’re not supposed to solve conflicts. You can barely decide which 1970s disco song comes third. Leave the wars to the adults and stick to what you’re good at: mediocre music and over-the-top performances.”
In the end, Eurovision will go on. Israel will perform, the protesting countries will perform, and everyone will pretend to be deeply moral while giving 12 points to their neighbor because “it’s tradition.”
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