Eurovision Organisers Have Another Update On Israel's Involvement After 'Developments In The Middle East'

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68edef181500003fe626a22b.jpeg?cache=0OIcc8Hf1h&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Yuval Raphael represented Israel at Eurovision earlier this year" data-caption="Yuval Raphael represented Israel at Eurovision earlier this year" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Yuval Raphael represented Israel at Eurovision earlier this year</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><span style="font-weight:400"><a href="news/eurovision/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Eurovision</a> organisers have announced that a vote to determine whether or not <a href="news/israel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Israel</a> will remain a part of the annual Song Contest next year will no longer be going ahead.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400"><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/eurovision-song-contest-2026-controversy-israel-explained_uk_68c3f72ee4b0e84178210220">Controversy around Israel’s involvement at Eurovision has been rife for years now</a>, with <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/eurovision-2026-spain-confirms-withdraw-israel-returns_uk_68c94747e4b04bfe9a6feada">several participating countries’ national broadcasters saying</a> in the last few months that they will withdraw from the competition if Israel is invited back in 2026.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">As a result, <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/eurovision-2026-israel-controversy-vote_uk_68d63610e4b085d511c5d5f8">it was confirmed last month</a> that each country in the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the group of national broadcasters who