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7 days agoThe pretences keep the people satisfied. All over Europe there are daily protests and activists who engage in direct action. It’s been really difficult for the media to keep demonising these protesters and activists because more people are starting to look through the bs. Police forces are in crisis because suppressing the protests is really hard work. Also labour unions are slowly starting to get involved and demand an end to support of Israel.
Fully openly backing Israel would put fuel to the fire and accelerate these movements. Governments are walking tight rope between backing Israel and preventing mass riots and strikes at public sectors.
Hexbear loves to hate on Eurovision but I used to love watching it for the spectacle and the incredible staging. It’s cool to see what a small artists would do if they suddenly had almost limitless resources for their staging. Of course there’s a lot of professional teams working on it as well and not all artists have the creative freedom to make those decisions but the ones that do are why I used to watch it.
When I learned that probably the biggest reason why it still exists and why it’s so well funded is because it’s a very effective campaign to normalise Israel I had to stop watching. The special treatment Israel now gets at Eurovision (they get to have armed guards that harass all other performers and even got one banned from playing last year) really shows how important Israel and Eurovision are for each other.
This year they even banned all flags including gay pride flags because they needed an excuse to ban Palestinian flags.