LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) 鈥� Slovenia鈥檚 national broadcaster RTV Slovenia said on Thursday it won’t air the this year after the small European country previously pulled out of the event over Israel’s participation.
with 35 competing countries is scheduled to be held May 12-16 in Vienna.
Slovenia along with a handful of other countries 鈥� Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain 鈥� are boycotting because Israel was allowed to take part.
鈥淲e will not be broadcasting the Eurovision Song Contest,” Ksenija Horvat, RTV Slovenia director told The Associated Press. “We will be airing the film series 鈥榁oices of Palestine,鈥� featuring Palestinian documentaries and feature films.鈥�
Organizers of the song competition decided in December to allow Israel to compete, which prompted the walkout of Slovenia and other countries. Slovenia has been a vocal critic of Israel over its conduct of the .
The Eurovision contest strives to put pop music before politics but has repeatedly been embroiled in world events. Russia was expelled in 2022 after its .
It also has been roiled by the , stirring outside and forcing organizers to clamp down on .
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