JERUSALEM (Palestine), Dec 22 (Bernama-AA) -- Slovenia officially requested Israel’s exclusion from the Eurovision 2025 song competition on Saturday, Anadolu Agency (AA) cited Israeli media.
Slovenia requested that Israel be excluded because of its ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct 7, 2023.
It submitted an official request to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Eurovision 2025's governing body.
The report said if the EBU does not accept the request, Slovenia would consider withdrawing from the contest as a form of protest.
Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar said on Dec 19 that Israel and Russia had violated the UN Charter with their wars on Gaza and Ukraine, respectively, but emphasised that Israel had done so on a much larger scale.
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