ESC in Vienna: Italy's Participation Criticized by Three RAI Councilors

"We consider the decision for Italy's participation to be wrong because it does not take into account the dramatic situation in Gaza and the West Bank," the statement reads.

The board members Alessandro di Majo, Davide Di Pietro, and Roberto Natale stated in the announcement that RAI's decision to participate in the ESC was made despite their call for a boycott and the wave of solidarity with the Palestinian population. Five other European countries - Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Iceland - had decided not to participate. Additionally, the RAI supervisory board members recalled previous exclusions of Belarus and Russia by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

"No Suppression of the Palestine Issue"

At the same time, the RAI supervisory board members appealed to the EBU to give space to the Palestine issue at the event in Vienna. "Any suppression of this issue would also affect the judgment of millions of viewers, many of them young, who associate music with values such as peace, inclusion, and respect," they emphasized.

The RAI supervisory board members demand that the Italian delegation support this request at the EBU. "There is still time to prevent the Eurovision Song Contest from becoming an event that is contradictory between proclaimed values and ignored tragedies," the statement concludes.

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(APA/Red)

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