Drop Bear
@DropBear@theblower.au  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
Several European public broadcasters have withdrawn from Eurovision 2026 due to Israel's inclusion. SBS should join them. A quick search on Israel's genocide turned up the following: * International Court of Justice; Found a plausible risk of genocide.​ * UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry; Found that Israel has committed and is committing genocide in Gaza, with genocidal intent.​ * UN special procedures (in… When Russia was excluded from Eurovision for invading Ukraine, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) argued that allowing participation would “bring the competition into disrepute.” Allowing a state found to be committing crimes against humanity raises even more serious concerns. At Senate Estimates, SBS claimed that “impartiality” prevents it from taking a position. Continuing to broadcast and participate in Eurovision while a genocide is underway is neither impartial nor neutral – it is endorsement through silence and complicity through normalisation. Impartiality cannot be used as a shield to avoid moral responsibility. I urge SBS to: * Publicly call on the EBU to disqualify Israel until it complies with international law and the rulings of the International Court of Justice; * Immediately withdraw Australia's participation from Eurovision 2026; and * not broadcast the event. There is no ethical alternative. SBS must act now. Cut the mic on genocide. Failing to do so risks SBS and its ​leadership being jointly and severally complicit in genocide.
Several European public broadcasters have withdrawn from Eurovision 2026 due to Israel's inclusion. SBS should join them. A quick search on Israel's genocide turned up the following: * International Court of Justice; Found a plausible risk of genocide.​ * UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry; Found that Israel has committed and is committing genocide in Gaza, with genocidal intent.​ * UN special procedures (in… When Russia was excluded from Eurovision for invading Ukraine, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) argued that allowing participation would “bring the competition into disrepute.” Allowing a state found to be committing crimes against humanity raises even more serious concerns. At Senate Estimates, SBS claimed that “impartiality” prevents it from taking a position. Continuing to broadcast and participate in Eurovision while a genocide is underway is neither impartial nor neutral – it is endorsement through silence and complicity through normalisation. Impartiality cannot be used as a shield to avoid moral responsibility. I urge SBS to: * Publicly call on the EBU to disqualify Israel until it complies with international law and the rulings of the International Court of Justice; * Immediately withdraw Australia's participation from Eurovision 2026; and * not broadcast the event. There is no ethical alternative. SBS must act now. Cut the mic on genocide. Failing to do so risks SBS and its ​leadership being jointly and severally complicit in genocide.
Several European public broadcasters have withdrawn from Eurovision 2026 due to Israel's inclusion. SBS should join them. A quick search on Israel's genocide turned up the following: * International Court of Justice; Found a plausible risk of genocide.​ * UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry; Found that Israel has committed and is committing genocide in Gaza, with genocidal intent.​ * UN special procedures (in… When Russia was excluded from Eurovision for invading Ukraine, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) argued that allowing participation would “bring the competition into disrepute.” Allowing a state found to be committing crimes against humanity raises even more serious concerns. At Senate Estimates, SBS claimed that “impartiality” prevents it from taking a position. Continuing to broadcast and participate in Eurovision while a genocide is underway is neither impartial nor neutral – it is endorsement through silence and complicity through normalisation. Impartiality cannot be used as a shield to avoid moral responsibility. I urge SBS to: * Publicly call on the EBU to disqualify Israel until it complies with international law and the rulings of the International Court of Justice; * Immediately withdraw Australia's participation from Eurovision 2026; and * not broadcast the event. There is no ethical alternative. SBS must act now. Cut the mic on genocide. Failing to do so risks SBS and its ​leadership being jointly and severally complicit in genocide.
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