Post #2415317
2026-05-11 15:58 UTC
RE: https://social.tchncs.de/@NiceBastard/116555135047588638
Uri Avnery used to say that the fact that people in #israel were obsessed with #eurovision while having zero interest in #AsianGames showed how deep down Israelis saw themselves as Europeans colonizing an exotic and dangerous place (just like #EhudBarak once called Israel "a villa in the jungle").
I wish the #ICJ was half as popular with those "Europhiles"
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@zvinj@tooot.im 2026-05-11 16:16
@oatmeal@kolektiva.social Not to mention Noa & Mira
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@tzafrir@tooot.im 2026-05-11 17:29
@zvinj@tooot.im Israel participated in the Asian Games up until the end of the 1970-s. The Eurovision is by members of the European Broadcasting Union. Israel (and Morocco and Tunisia) are members since 1957, and Egypt has already been a member before that. Surprisingly enough, Israelis are interested in contests in which its people participate (that is: mostly only watch one semi-final of the Eurovision).
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@oatmeal@kolektiva.social 2026-05-11 16:02
@zvinj@tooot.im very much so… on both accounts. Not to mention Barak’s eugenics intervention with #Epstein. Mind you Israel’s success in the Eurovision is mostly due to non European Jews, Cohen, Atari, Dana etc. irony.