• Tommasi [she/her]
    hexbear
    74
    4 months ago

    "alleged war crimes"

    God, I hate the guardian. The idf is literally videotaping and bragging about the war crimes they're doing, adding "alleged" is just insulting at this point.

    • dRLY [none/use name]
      hexbear
      5
      4 months ago

      For real, them and basically all the big outlets weren't leaning into calling shit "alleged" when the IOF and Israeli media were making false claims about Palestine (along with calling Israeli children kids/children but calling Palestinian children shit like "youths").

  • Utter_Karate [he/him, comrade/them]
    hexbear
    69
    4 months ago

    I think it is kind of darkly funny that "small country that is in the Eurovision despite being wholly located in Asia and should be banned for commiting ethnic cleansing/genocide" is actually a category with more than one member. Because they also let Azerbajdzjan in every year.

  • beef_curds [she/her]
    hexbear
    59
    4 months ago

    Why is Israel in EUROvision to begin with?

    Lol, just kidding, I know why.

    • DoiDoi [comrade/them, he/him]
      hexbear
      34
      4 months ago

      Also: Israel competes in UEFA while every country they border is in the Asian or African confederation

    • TheDialectic [none/use name]
      hexbear
      2
      4 months ago

      The people there are mostly of European decent. I will respect their ancestral claim to their European homeland.

  • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
    hexbear
    52
    4 months ago

    Icelandic artists being cool doesn't surprise me, but the Finns coming in clutch was a pleasant shock.

    • GaveUp [she/her]
      hexbear
      46
      edit-2
      4 months ago

      The Finnish ones just hate Jewish people

      • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
        hexbear
        40
        4 months ago

        I was gonna say, Finland going anti-Israel is gonna be the first time the "X-country is just antisemitic!" accusations are true

        • wheresmysurplusvalue [comrade/them]
          hexbear
          23
          4 months ago

          Maybe it's just the groups I follow but Finland has had pro-Palestine protests basically every week. They're pretty small, but I could see an artist or two coming from that crowd

          • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
            hexbear
            24
            4 months ago

            I'm mostly just joking around, I don't know much about Finland other than "The Axis member who didn't get bad press for it," I live in the Great Satan and there are decent people even here.

      • SoyViking [he/him]
        hexbear
        12
        4 months ago

        Do they even have any Jews in Finland to hate in the first place?

  • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
    hexbear
    30
    4 months ago

    I can't see Israel participating. Eurovision has a lot of young viewers, and young people have overwhelmingly negative opinions about Israel. They can't vet the entire live audience.

  • huf [he/him]
    hexbear
    23
    4 months ago

    pff, this kind of meddling will turn eurovision into a JOKE!

  • Teekeeus [comrade/them]
    hexbear
    3
    edit-2
    4 months ago

    But zionists are model europeans, they clearly embody all the values that europeans hold dear to their heart