{"id":302132,"date":"2025-12-06T00:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/countries-to-boycott-eurovision-over-israel-inclusion-global-news-podcast\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T00:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:10:19","slug":"countries-to-boycott-eurovision-over-israel-inclusion-global-news-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/countries-to-boycott-eurovision-over-israel-inclusion-global-news-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Countries to boycott Eurovision over Israel inclusion  | Global News Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/tY5GnZIm4Ck\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Countries to boycott Eurovision over Israel inclusion  | Global News Podcast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tY5GnZIm4Ck\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, after it was decided Israel could compete.<\/p>\n<p>They were among a number of countries who had called for Israel to be excluded over the war in Gaza and accusations of unfair voting practices.<\/p>\n<p>We speak to our music correspondent Mark Savage<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the Global News Podcast wherever you get your podcasts or find more episodes here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/GlobalNewsPodcast<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, after it was decided Israel could compete. 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