Overview

• The European Broadcasting Union plans a December decision on Israel's eligibility for the 2026 contest in Vienna.
• Public broadcasters in Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia have threatened to boycott if Israel competes.
• Israel's broadcaster KAN intends to take part and is preparing to submit an entry.
• The Jewish Claims Conference says Holocaust survivors are distressed by calls to bar Israel and see a double standard.
• In Germany, broadcaster SWR rejects an exclusion, a senior CDU lawmaker urges withdrawal if Israel is banned, and Israel's ambassador has not ruled out a German pullout in that case.