James O'Brien gives his nuanced view on the anti-Israel protests at Eurovision | LBC
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26 күн бұрын"I'm not sure they should have banned the Israeli entry, but I aIso think performing could do untold damage to their 'cause'... riddle me that."
James O'Brien ruminates as protest engulfs the Eurovision song contest. Israel's contestant Eden Golan was ordered to stay in her hotel room by her country's national security agency today as thousands protested her entry into the competition.
Protesters lined the streets in Malmo to demand that Ms Golan be removed from the renowned song competition, including climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Ms Thunberg, 21, joined a 'Stop Israel' demonstration in the centre of the city on Thursday, with protesters calling for an 'end to genocide'.
The demonstration came before Ms Golan's performance at the second semi-final of the competition this evening, which was met with cheers from the crowd after boos during her rehearsal.
It has since been confirmed that Ms Golan has reached the final.
The 20-year-old singer took to the stage on Thursday for the ballad Hurricane, which was reworked from a previous track called October Rain, believed to reference the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel last year.
The song contest's host broadcaster said earlier today that it wouldn't censor the audience reaction.
Meanwhile, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu wished her luck, saying the 20-year-old representative was competing against an "ugly wave of anti-Semitism".
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@ellydavis2066 25 күн бұрын
James, are you still ignoring the Sangita situation? LBC quietly cancelled her so have you been instructed not to mention her? None of you are.
@anonomous8719 25 күн бұрын
Bully obrien said it was because of ‘low viewership rating’ at 1:27:00 on the James O’Brien show last friday
@KingofEverything1 25 күн бұрын
The zionist control into our media is deepening.
@ellydavis2066 25 күн бұрын
@@anonomous8719 " the presenter growing her reach by 12.5% to 465,000 in the most recent round of listening figures. "
@christiangreaves3911 25 күн бұрын
He’s not being intellectually honest on that for sure.
@anonomous8719 25 күн бұрын
@@ellydavis2066 we all know bully obrien is lying
@lindaajide2115 25 күн бұрын
If they are European then what are they doing in the Middle East
@craighart9278 25 күн бұрын
They are in the European Broadcasting Area (look it up) and the Israeli state broadcaster is a member of the EBU which means that they can compete.
@jn4126 25 күн бұрын
A question many have been asking for 70 years
@hilarykirkby4771 24 күн бұрын
Have you never noticed they get everywhere? If they're not allowed they cry victimhood.
@MusehanaH 24 күн бұрын
@craighart9278, the question asked is without ambiguity.
@waseemasghar2205 24 күн бұрын
Because they are white, just like Australia, which also is part of the European Broadcasting Union, despite being located in the southern hemisphere thousands of miles away from Europe's borders 🤨. I guess being European is a state of mind.
@akhaliquk 25 күн бұрын
Remember when the Ukraine 🇺🇦 flag was everywhere and was supported by nearly every institution. Now... u see the HYPOCRISY!
@alexmeikle1980 25 күн бұрын
hypocrisy is everywhere like in your argument.
@nicklynx 25 күн бұрын
@@alexmeikle1980explain!
@danielvilliers612 25 күн бұрын
Ukraine is being invaded.
@ob20103 24 күн бұрын
@@nicklynx at the end of your sentence friend. Alex likes a cryptic crossword id say
@glasshalffull8471 24 күн бұрын
It's often referred to as the Current Thing, BLM and face masks had a moment also.
@jamesbutlerpoetry 25 күн бұрын
Russia was banned for the Ukraine situation,but Israel is allowed to participate. If it's not a political contest then shouldn't Russia have been allowed back. Them saying it isn't political when the first thing you learn in social studies is everything is political
@jamesbutlerpoetry 25 күн бұрын
Also, how can Eurovision ban flags. Then you wouldn't know who the acts are?
@GracePew-ek3rm 25 күн бұрын
russia started the war, Ukraine defends itself palestinians starded the war, Israel defends itself
@im.joeyb. 25 күн бұрын
Russia was disqualified for a different reason. I can't believe that everybody having the same idea as yours doesn't read before opening your mouth. Do I agree with Israel being in Eurovision? No! Is doing research important for this certain topic? Yes, duh.
@MudThought 25 күн бұрын
@@GracePew-ek3rm who started to steal l4nd in 1948?
@georgefrancis8602 25 күн бұрын
@@GracePew-ek3rm😂
@Shari-gt8bk 25 күн бұрын
Where is Sangita Myska.If she is not back then i wont subscribe.
@ne-ht4zx 25 күн бұрын
OK bye then
@An-Alien-On-Earth 24 күн бұрын
Bye
@oz41R 24 күн бұрын
Yeah don’t you know free speech can only be used to promote the side that pays the bills
@bravoalley228 24 күн бұрын
I think that LBC should just be left alone.. Try with other channels.
@victormeidan1062 24 күн бұрын
Bye bye
@hasnaashaalan9083 24 күн бұрын
Where is Sangita??????? Sacked for not spreading ge no ci de propaganda?!
@maneshipocrates2264 24 күн бұрын
Get over the your school boy crush.
@Albanach-je1nk 24 күн бұрын
@@maneshipocrates2264 MAGA Englishman ????
@daniyalbbd5281 24 күн бұрын
Went to Pakistan, peaceful islamic country
@user-wq6sz7vt3w 24 күн бұрын
She’s cleaning the LBC toilets now!
@MitchObriens 23 күн бұрын
Sacked for protecting hamas
@domgould5113 25 күн бұрын
Where is Sangita,,what am i doing on LBC?Sorry James,but your a part of the problem.Silence is participation.
@bipolarminddroppings 24 күн бұрын
you're*
@shaunacole1 24 күн бұрын
💯💯💯💯💯
@l000tube 24 күн бұрын
James has done more than you, more than me and pretty much anyone else to push the boundaries of what is acceptable to talk about so i think you should be a bit more respectful, realistic and more accepting of this difficult situation that we find ourselves in. Setting the purity bar so high for people is ridiculous.
@domgould5113 24 күн бұрын
@@l000tube What guff...Your ok with shutting folk down for asking the right questions?James is working for the wrong people and he knows it.
@domgould5113 24 күн бұрын
@@bipolarminddroppings Putain,cest vrai,mais au moins je sais ecrire qq chose d'autre que votre grammar fascism.
@NINJATH3ORY 25 күн бұрын
Bring back sangita, or we will unsubscribe who's with me ?
@kaikai-pb7fh 25 күн бұрын
No one. She had to go mate.. she was too childish. Go listen to some of her shows without bias.. Total cringe
@loober 25 күн бұрын
@@kaikai-pb7fhthanks for the input Kai! Really appreciated. Thanks so much. Really, such an insightful comment. I learned lots about settler colonialist project 😊
@jeremysmallman1645 25 күн бұрын
I'm definitely with you.
@ne-ht4zx 25 күн бұрын
@@loobercope harder
@justwatching6656 25 күн бұрын
The more we unsub is the more the sub numbers increase
@keremkilicay9995 25 күн бұрын
Should lbc still pretend to be a democratic, incorruptible, free media outlet???
@grayham1969 24 күн бұрын
It isn't
@jawadsaleh9971 24 күн бұрын
They are great media outlet.
@FrankskinOrweed-ep4ij 23 күн бұрын
Spoiler alert it’s Z0G just like the rest of them SHAME ON ALL
@haleytownsend7544 23 күн бұрын
@@jawadsaleh9971 They are not
@MoontownMoss 23 күн бұрын
@@FrankskinOrweed-ep4ij SHAME shame SHAAAAMEEEE
@eddieokpara3549 25 күн бұрын
When I saw the video of the nine year old Palestinian girl with her kegs amputated, crying "give me back my legs" I realised Palestine has to be free.
@trismegistus2881 25 күн бұрын
Palestine should be free, but there can be no freedom under a Hamas extremists government.
@illasbonez1708 25 күн бұрын
Quite concerning you need such an extreme reason.
@PeterPete 25 күн бұрын
@@illasbonez1708 It takes something quite concerning to make people realise what the Israelis are really doing to the people of Gaza!!
@illasbonez1708 25 күн бұрын
That's not the point though. I don't need to see mutilated children to understand a country should be free.
@fransdebruijn6763 25 күн бұрын
@PeterPete the Palestinians are sleeping in the bed they made.
@nathanos23 25 күн бұрын
Being in "Euro"vision while being located in the middle east is accurate for a settler colony from Europe
@mansk4 25 күн бұрын
Perfectly stated.. been struggling to express that thought so simply in words. Thank you.
@trismegistus2881 25 күн бұрын
Tell that to the Arab Israeli's and the Jews from Ethiopia and the Middle East who live there... Furthermore, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan are also in the Eurovision contest.
@olgasokurova9559 25 күн бұрын
@@trismegistus2881your point?
@yankees2710 25 күн бұрын
Over 60% of Israeli Jews are “mizrahi” meaning they came from countries like: Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, Algeria, Morroco etc so stop calling it a white European state. Start learning History from books and not from TikTok and Instagram
@pallascat1743 25 күн бұрын
@@trismegistus2881The same Ethiopian's living there who were sterilised without consent?
@mansk4 25 күн бұрын
Youve highlighted so many examples of double standards which Palestinians have been suffering from for the last 76 years
@Human_Harvest 25 күн бұрын
😂😂😂🏴
@ppetal1 25 күн бұрын
@@Human_Harvestharvest you.
@trickslies844 24 күн бұрын
Its one standard and Palestinians just fail to meet it
@mansk4 24 күн бұрын
@@trickslies844 too brown eh..
@JackFieldBand 24 күн бұрын
We're quite tired hearing about the Palestinians, honestly.
@dogblessamerica 25 күн бұрын
On the one hand, they're not in Europe, so no. On the other hand, they're in the process of committing war crimes, so no.
@ralphvon283 22 күн бұрын
esad
@shakitz1 21 күн бұрын
Is Australis in Europe?
@nas8027 25 күн бұрын
THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF
@user-qu6ov2vh1i 25 күн бұрын
Poor James ,he is trying to say the rightbthing but soo scared he will be suspended or ,worst so his female colleague ,he would be FIRED.....FOR TELLING THE TRUTH 😮😮😮😮😢
@toshtosh9482 24 күн бұрын
I would not give him the benefit of the doubt as he had no issues with the way Corbyn and the left where smeared as antisemtic.
@jake751 20 күн бұрын
No he's a coward
@shalaws 25 күн бұрын
James is still implying that this started on October 7th at the end of this monologue! Idiotic
@munchingsquirrel5067 24 күн бұрын
That's how he keeps his master happy.
@wakingfromslumber9555 24 күн бұрын
Yes and this is why Sangita was sacked because she did not follow this narrative.
@nsm487 24 күн бұрын
His ordered to say that...its like a paid advertisement lol same way piers does
@Stevechannel4 24 күн бұрын
He is struggling and it’s plain to see how delicate he is treading. With all his years of training and experience he is almost painting himself into a corner with very very thin paint lol
@haleytownsend7544 23 күн бұрын
It did start on October 7th Bring them home
@TheBlazersfan22 24 күн бұрын
Martin luther, vietnam, apartheid south africa and now palestine. We will always side for what is right.
@korenmoscovich4681 24 күн бұрын
MLK: "Israel is one of the great outposts of democracy".
@ralphvon283 22 күн бұрын
esad
@troubadour0663 24 күн бұрын
Russia isn't allowed, why should Israel ?
@stream2watch 24 күн бұрын
Neither should.
@waynesimon2425 24 күн бұрын
Eden Golan, is a singer of Russian-Israeli descent and kickstarted her career by participating in the Russian selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2015, followed by a stint on the Russian television show, The Voice Kids.
@nattycooper6622 24 күн бұрын
Russia and Palestinians are the aggressors. That's why.
@johnMCMANUS-pi1kd 24 күн бұрын
@@waynesimon2425what that got to do with this
@globalist1990 24 күн бұрын
🤑🇺🇸
@saniabdullahi7154 24 күн бұрын
If SANGITA isn't anymore I won't subscribe again
@elvismawhinney2494 24 күн бұрын
SANGITA SANGITA SANGITA James please say something, stand up for what’s right and wrong
@shanedwood 25 күн бұрын
As a Palestinian, I am all inspired by the way the young people all around the world are protesting to save millions of lives
@Human_Harvest 25 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@olgasokurova9559 25 күн бұрын
@@Human_Harvest👎
@Human_Harvest 25 күн бұрын
Like the young men fleeing leaving their wives and children behind to fight a war whilst they live in a nice, safe civilised, European country🤣🤣🤣
@ppetal1 25 күн бұрын
@@Human_Harvestthat's the Israel Offence Force for you. Living off USA handouts.
@olgasokurova9559 25 күн бұрын
@@Human_Harvest 👎👎👎
@wrestlingp 25 күн бұрын
Not only is there double standards in not allowing Russia to compete while allowing Israel. The brazen arrogance displayed from Israel has been shocking, two songs being declined for political lyrics. All in the same week where they publish videos of their tanks rolling over an 'I love Gaza' sign. It's too far.
@globalist1990 25 күн бұрын
Who would have guessed the accelerationists crying about the fall of the west would be the ones doing it...
@bipolarminddroppings 24 күн бұрын
Russia attacked a soverign nation with no provokation. israel responded to a massive terrorist attack. Overreacted, massively, yes, but still didn't start the thing. If you can't see how those two things are different, you're beyond help.
@dwbsai 24 күн бұрын
@@bipolarminddroppingsIf you think this started on October 7th...you need to wake up...just go and check how many Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank in recent years ..just because killing Palestinians a few dozen at a time for weeks, months and years and years is not reported and considered newsworthy doesn't mean it does not happen and doesn't mean that it doesn't seed hate...do you think that the children whose parents and siblings have been killed recently will grow with love for Israelis? Hamas and their actions, as horrific and unjustifiable as they may be, are the symptom of an underlying issue which people just like to ignore...
@tariqjoseph3562 24 күн бұрын
@@bipolarminddroppingsit’s not who started it, it’s t he war crimes committed that arguably judging by the numbers of dead and wounded are far greater from Isreal than even Russia. Besides, this didn’t start on October 7th, Palestinians have had that day for decades now. If you can’t see that, then you’re beyond help.
@AceThaWinner 23 күн бұрын
@tariqjoseph3562 they dont want to see it. That's the truth!
@waxsta 24 күн бұрын
How does Israel, not part of Europe, get to participate in Eurovision? Ive always been baffled by this 😂
@codswallop164 25 күн бұрын
"Menachem Begin, first Prime Minister of Netanyahu's Likud party. Started off as a terrorist murdering British peace-keepers. Later sold Falklands Exocets to Argentina. 60 years murdering Palestinians in pursuit of a 'racially pure' Greater Israel, from the Nile to the Euphrates."
@Kan09138 25 күн бұрын
What you say is absolutely true because my late fathers best friend was in Palestine during the end of the mandate and told me all about what happend I have milited for Palestine ever since
@yhho8473 24 күн бұрын
a real terrorist. When he was PM in 78, in a state visit to the UK, the father of one of the murdered seargeants tried to have him arrested as a war criminal; of course, they were our "friends" by then and he got nowhere
@julianmallach348 24 күн бұрын
@@Kan09138 Sure he was mate, sure
@faridajafery8108 24 күн бұрын
Reminds one of someone back then who wanted a "pure race"
@codswallop164 24 күн бұрын
@faridajafery8108 Have a look into Theodore Kaufmans book "Germany must perish", which was written before any hostilities started 👀
@Support-your-local-team 24 күн бұрын
I'm looking forward to hearing what Sangita Myska has to say about this. Oh, wait...
@user-zc4yd9ss7h 25 күн бұрын
Boos in the arena last night were effectively suppressed by technology. But the truth still gets out, to Israel's growing anger.
@globalist1990 25 күн бұрын
They were still audible
@amo2464 22 күн бұрын
I wondered why I could hear only elated cheers when I watched the performance on the Eurovision channel
@jake751 20 күн бұрын
Yes I watched a brilliant video of the boos and how the eurovision suppressed the volume of the boos in the actual arena. You couldn't even hear her for the audience booing and shouting free Palestine. It was lovely to hear.
@Dan_and_Co 25 күн бұрын
James sitting in the fence as he doesn't want to lose his job
@juliancasey1299 24 күн бұрын
Or treading very carefully while still getting important information out to a large audience?
@waynesimon2425 24 күн бұрын
Eden Golan, is a singer of Russian-Israeli descent and kickstarted her career by participating in the Russian selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2015, followed by a stint on the Russian television show, The Voice Kids.
@toshtosh9482 24 күн бұрын
@juliancasey1299 we don't need him, there is plenty of decent independent media who don't play games.
@LL-vk9zc 25 күн бұрын
When Israel struck an Iranian consulate last week, nobody shouted out that Iran has a right to defend itself. Iran responded by sending drones and missiles into Israel. The west's outrage was loud. In conclusion, only some countries have a right to defend themselves (Israel and Ukraine) but others such as Palestine and Iran don't.
@ne-ht4zx 25 күн бұрын
That was Israel retaliating against the 7 Oct planners. Do you not even read the news?
@trickslies844 24 күн бұрын
Its not self defence if you are the aggressor and incompetence is not a excuse for their actions or intentions. If the west had actually matched the intentions of Palestine and Iran these names would only be found in the pages of history
@annakoso 24 күн бұрын
"Palestine" was the attacker, so why do they need to defend them selfs?
@vayate1234 24 күн бұрын
Hamas and Hezbollah are just extensions of the Iranian regime so they are involved in the war and have no right to claim defense. Palestine has tried to destroy Israel from the beginning and lost all the wars it started. Just because you lost doesn't mean you are now defending yourself. They never accepted that when they decided to solve matters with war they risked losing everything.
@Fload.Ritlhe 24 күн бұрын
@@annakosoWho has Palestine attacked since the occupation by the Zionists, only the occupying force, which under international law it’s allowed, no different to the French resistance against their occupiers the Nazis of WW2.
@tinormous-road2gains13 24 күн бұрын
Put some respect on her, Speak on the Sangita situation. No one is safe that speak truths.
@donna25871 24 күн бұрын
The protests will only be much larger on Saturday.
@emmaslyons 24 күн бұрын
Didn't start on October er 7th James. That is a spurious claim
@jake751 20 күн бұрын
He's not very bright when it comes to history. He's not educated enough to talk about something so important.
@harlyslamm2888 24 күн бұрын
i feel like our politicians no longer works for us...
@msbayramoglu1 25 күн бұрын
Russia has been kicked out of the European Song Consent now Israel must be expelled from this competition indefinitely otherwise double standard and hypocrisy by the organisers are all there to see
@eraldylli 24 күн бұрын
Hypocrisy has been the defining characteristic of European response. What can they do, not support the European colony in the Middle East?!
@trickslies844 24 күн бұрын
Russia invaded, Israel defended. There is no double standard.
@user-qj8qo3dl5n 24 күн бұрын
U know jack all and spit out waffle Israel got attacked by Hamas a terrorist organisation and Russia attacked ukrain
@mackabee6674 24 күн бұрын
Nothing like Russia
@TheMrSpectatorr 24 күн бұрын
@@trickslies844There is, because there are blatant and intentional crimes happening in their “defense”. Such as targetting humanitarian workers from the World Kitchen Organization. Their plan is to make Gaza uninhabitable. We see that.
@alantheinquirer7658 25 күн бұрын
Frankly, I didn't understand why Israel was in Eurovision even before the current horrors in Gaza,
@Human_Harvest 25 күн бұрын
Because 🏴 ❤️ 🇮🇱 and there’s nothing you can do about it 😂😂
@bipolarminddroppings 24 күн бұрын
because its run by the European Broadcasting Union, which Israel state Tv is a member of. Same reason why Turkey and Australia can compete.
@henryhill92 24 күн бұрын
Simple, because Israel is a European colony.
@alantheinquirer7658 24 күн бұрын
@@bipolarminddroppings I must admit I've never had an interest in Eurovision so when it comes to geo-politics, I've no consideration. I mean, Turkey you might *just* argue but ... Australia?
@Leslie-1996 24 күн бұрын
Eygpt Israel Jordan Lebanon Libya Morocco Tunisia Turkey Probably missing some but those are All EBU members eligible to compete in Eurovision. It’s not based on geographic criteria. Eurovision ceased to be a “European” song contest decades ago.
@user-X-SAM 25 күн бұрын
I LOVE SANGITA
@busterbuster1641 25 күн бұрын
James where is Sangita?
@KC-fr2mw 24 күн бұрын
Every country should isolate I$rael PERIOD
@mariacoronel2547 24 күн бұрын
12:35 100% agree.
@RugbyPass81 24 күн бұрын
Absolutely
@stefanoprivetto6744 23 күн бұрын
Feckin eejit
@MARGIELYNGAMATA 20 күн бұрын
What about internet?
@InterviewCoachMR 24 күн бұрын
Bring back Sangita
@grogmer 24 күн бұрын
James MUST read Mr. Moshe Menuhin’s book With Neither Might nor Power. He wouldn’t be surprised, and he might understand it started about 75 years before October 7.
@laffairemagazine7589 25 күн бұрын
They should had been banned and should also banned from all the world events.
@welliamd2463 25 күн бұрын
SAY HER NAME, JAMES!
@Faiez-rh1gm 25 күн бұрын
When is Isreal going to ask for an Independent investigation done on what happened on OCTOBER 7 and what happened on October 6 too
@mimicocto 25 күн бұрын
Absolutely never!
@user-xr6qj3ed5m 23 күн бұрын
Exactly!
@fjordhellas4077 24 күн бұрын
Bring back Sangita, NOW! LBC is Shameless!
@samcarena4702 24 күн бұрын
Where is sangita you cowards
@MitchObriens 23 күн бұрын
In Gaza
@nshah3556 24 күн бұрын
I dont think any oppressive regime should take part in the international stage.
@phillaysheo8 25 күн бұрын
Justice for Sangita
@johnwhittaker4898 24 күн бұрын
If James as a father and no supporter of Hamas was living in Gaza, had witnessed women and children being killed and one day he saw the Israeli Occupation Force heading towards his family, if he picked a gun up to defend his wife and children, would that mean that he would now be a member of Hamas? Do Palestinians have a right to defend themselves and if they do are they now members of Hamas?
@Salman_Saho 24 күн бұрын
James has become a spineless and shameless “Isra-pologetic”…
@ansgarm.cordie9659 25 күн бұрын
Israel has tried to instrumentalize the TV show - and failed
@semsemeini7905 24 күн бұрын
Israel also has tried to control the weather.
@waynesimon2425 24 күн бұрын
Eden Golan, is a singer of Russian-Israeli descent and kickstarted her career by participating in the Russian selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2015, followed by a stint on the Russian television show, The Voice Kids.
@toshtosh9482 24 күн бұрын
Yes it's using it as part of the Hasbara
@toshtosh9482 24 күн бұрын
He is a virtual signaller!
@Nilguiri 23 күн бұрын
@@waynesimon2425 Nobody cares. Has she done military service? How many kids did she unalive?
@Bubbasmum 24 күн бұрын
I really do not understand why Israel are part of a European competition 🤷♀️
@jake751 20 күн бұрын
I don't understand how they are part of the world.
@colin7832 25 күн бұрын
RUSSIA WAS BANNED, WHAT YOU GOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT,PLEASE SOME ONE TELL ME. YOUR WRONG JAMES, OUT RIGHT BAN MAN.
@peterstewart8758 25 күн бұрын
No , simply because it’s not part of Europe , not because I’m against Israel , why not open it up to the whole world, wouldn’t that be a better idea!
@RRRRR15 25 күн бұрын
it's the European Broadcasting Union. israel is part of it
@instinct1ve372 25 күн бұрын
As per a previous comment, it's not a European competition and never has been (e.g. Australia too). It's about the European Broadcasting Union (listen at 10.27 on today's show.)
@peterstewart8758 25 күн бұрын
@@instinct1ve372 open it up to the whole world then, instead of just allowing random countries to enter it .
@globalist1990 25 күн бұрын
Imo, it should be strictly EU countries.
@im.joeyb. 25 күн бұрын
@@peterstewart8758 Read about the European Broadcasting Area. Also the contest already has two semi-finals and a Grand Final which takes ~4 hours to complete. Then there's a problem with timezones. And there's countries that don't even want to join. It cannot be a worldwide event. Read about it.
@sheeny1710 25 күн бұрын
Izzy is Not in Europe!!! They consider themselves in the Middle East. Bit they’re confused.
@craighart9278 25 күн бұрын
The Israeli state broadcaster is a member of the EBU and has been seen since 1957. Members of the EBU can enter the competition.
@MattyB1970 23 күн бұрын
Is Australia?
@_covfefe 24 күн бұрын
Why is Israel competing in an European contest? Everybody knows Israel is not in Europe, it's in North America!
@daknytt 24 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@semsemeini7905 24 күн бұрын
Why is Australia competing in a European contest? In 1949 because the Arab countries boycotted Israel competing in Middle Eastern competitions Europe invited Israel to compete in European contests.
@leadfinger- 24 күн бұрын
😂
@UmmWalad 24 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@leadfinger- 24 күн бұрын
So funny they got booo you know they will make that antisemitic 😂
@mathekenbob 24 күн бұрын
Why Israel is participating in the first place in Eurovision
@cathybrondani3585 25 күн бұрын
Absolutely should not be participating!
@bignorbert1136 25 күн бұрын
Israel not in Europe. Shouldn't be in any European competition any more than Syria or Namibia.
@craighart9278 25 күн бұрын
The Israeli state broadcaster is a member of the EBU and has been seen since 1957. Members of the EBU can enter the competition. It's the EBU who runs the competition and not the continent of Europe.
@cryptoreport8762 24 күн бұрын
Is it because modern israelis are European and has nothing to do with middle east@craighart9278
@itequipment8251 24 күн бұрын
They are not just in the EBU but UEFA as Arab countries dud not want to play them. Australia are also part if the EBU and have taken part in Eurovision.
@yaafa7801 24 күн бұрын
Syria ,Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq can compete if they want.
@user-xs5bn1de4d 21 күн бұрын
Neither is Ukraine
@skaracaesar4789 25 күн бұрын
An apartheid state should not be allowed to participate in any event.
@andreasbuttinger2774 24 күн бұрын
Israel should not be able to take part in the European song contest in the first place as it does NOT belong to Europe. Fact. ! And why is Russia banned and Israel not? Double standards
@annakirshenbaum1458 24 күн бұрын
Russia attacked Ukraine. Israel was the one being attacked. Do you understand the difference?
@Paragon62 23 күн бұрын
Says who you don’t make the rules.get a life.!
@nazhassan9 24 күн бұрын
A country in the Middle East participates in Euro Football and Euro Song Contests. Why? Because it is occupied by European colonial settlers
@stayahead09 25 күн бұрын
any country participating should be ashamed
@user-xd7dk3oy3q 24 күн бұрын
Did you really say Sangita lost her job with LBC because of low ratings? Thats astonishing & very obviously a lie, you may find that telling lies to people is no big deal? But it affects your credibility ( lack of) even with your amazing private education that gives you superiority over us plebs. Your lack of support for Sangita means I & many others will not be listening to anything more you have to say on LBC.
@greenisp 25 күн бұрын
Proves Isreal is a European Colonial state occupying part of the region, how come they in Eurovision regardless of Gaza?
@NP1066 24 күн бұрын
About 60% of Israelis are either full or mixed Middle Eastern and North African Jews. There were almost a million Jews living in that region at about 1948. During the 1950s and 1960s almost all of them have migrated into Israel, just like some of the European Jews who've migrated (although most European Jews actually live today in North America, not Israel). Few of the most common ancestries among Israeli Jews today are: Moroccan, Iraqi, Tunisian and Yemeni. Those were significant communities until the creation of Israel. The real question is. Why do supporters of Palestine or anti-Israel people insist on repeating that false "truism" that Israelis/Jews "are European" whilst that is factually not the case? Not sure how that helps the pro-Palestine movement, unless you're advocating for an ethnonationalist "blood and soil" type of nationalism for Palestinians, just like Zionism is. It makes no sense to me.
@geedee1264 22 күн бұрын
Then why is it in the competition?? Why is it in the European championships? Nice job glossing over the naqba btw
@Dynasty1818 25 күн бұрын
Should Eurovision even exist? No.
@wakingfromslumber9555 24 күн бұрын
Can we talk about why Sangita was taken off LBC?
@iftekharahmed4336 24 күн бұрын
Why does the West see it as so important for a genocidal colonial project to participate in the Eurovision song contest or European football tournaments etc? Or is it that the whole orchestra is owned, controlled, and overseen by Israel?
@Harris.azj.97 25 күн бұрын
James as always we need to care about Israel’s feelings brother by the time you fully see how the Israeli government truly is there won’t be any palastines left
@FilizFerenczy 25 күн бұрын
Sangita 😢😢😢😢
@ZeroGods4595 24 күн бұрын
Where's Sangita?
@Wallflower58 24 күн бұрын
Why is no one talking about the controversial lyrics for the song October Rain they initially put out as an entry to Eurovision and were forced to change?
@christinavuyk2026 25 күн бұрын
I might be wrong but wasn’t the Eurovision song competition created to promote peace?… 🤔
@drewnelson-rv7jr 25 күн бұрын
Should anyone be in Eurovision except ABBA...? Should anyone be in 'Israel'...?
@emmaslyons 24 күн бұрын
Where is Sangita gone?
@GhadaYassin1 24 күн бұрын
We want Sangita back
@npblosch19 24 күн бұрын
Where's Sangita Myska James?
@rooks4ever 24 күн бұрын
The song writers said that the song referred to october the 7th. And therefore was political.
@CroneoRegion 24 күн бұрын
If Israel should perform, so should Russia. If Russia shouldn't perform, neither should Israel.
@husn7703 23 күн бұрын
The keffiyah originated in Iraq, from the city of Kufa in the 7th century. If I wore it as an Iraqi & got told I couldn't, surely that's discrimination against Iraqis. This is the stupidity of the double standards in the West. & yes Israel should be banned from all the world's events: Fifa, Olympics etc.
@williamelewis464 25 күн бұрын
Euro denotes its Europe, last geography lesson I had Israel isn't in any part of Europe
@sergenestel2637 25 күн бұрын
Neither are the Flakland islands
@craighart9278 25 күн бұрын
The Israeli state broadcaster is a member of the EBU and has been seen since 1957. Members of the EBU can enter the competition. It's the EBU who runs the competition and not 'Europe'
@ridzuanrasid 24 күн бұрын
Let Palestine in!
@waynesimon2425 24 күн бұрын
Eden Golan, is a singer of Russian-Israeli descent and kickstarted her career by participating in the Russian selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2015, followed by a stint on the Russian television show, The Voice Kids.
@analiablanco 24 күн бұрын
Ísrahell doesn't exist. U can put it anywhere in the world. It's still made up.
@mitchellhiggon547 25 күн бұрын
As soon as I knew they weren’t banning Israel. I knew I’m not watching this year I don’t have much but I’ve bet on Israel at 35/1 and if they win I won’t watch it next year and my winnings will be getting denoted to Medical Aid for Palestinians.
@chatham43 24 күн бұрын
@mitchell And if they lose you won't donate anything? Hit a raw nerve did I?😂
@mitchellhiggon547 24 күн бұрын
No I have a direct debit out to MAP and Israel won’t win so it’s a win win. But you carry on laughing about kids who have lost their lives and hold that moral high ground.
@sahnael8457 24 күн бұрын
Where is sangita
@sahnael8457 24 күн бұрын
Isreal is not in Europe. Oh wait I forgot they are all actually from Europe
@agravemisunderstanding9668 24 күн бұрын
Exactly what I've been saying, the Israelis just can't see the irony
@oliaguilar1 24 күн бұрын
No my friend, I'm Jewish and not European, I'm Sephardic
@shirelandfriends8234 23 күн бұрын
Have you ever been to Israel? More than half of Israelis are from the Middle East
@Mikethebike721 25 күн бұрын
Sangita Myska James. Why are you ignoring her?
@geraldbrown1966 25 күн бұрын
If Israel is allowed then why not allow, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon or Saudi Arabia, simple, because it's not Europe. And kick out Australia while we are on this subject.
@calj2090 25 күн бұрын
It's a white people competition. Australians and Israelis are White.
@mimicocto 25 күн бұрын
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon etc are not European colonies anymore. Israel and Australia are.
@Human_Harvest 25 күн бұрын
Because none of them can tie their own shoelaces let alone sing😂😂😂
@craighart9278 25 күн бұрын
The Israeli state broadcaster is a member of the EBU and has been seen since 1957. Members of the EBU can enter the competition.
@yaafa7801 24 күн бұрын
Jordan and Lebanon can if they want.
@Faiez-rh1gm 25 күн бұрын
Its anti Semitic to be in the Euro contest
@robsurname4054 24 күн бұрын
He is right .. Maybe the participation of Israel will ensure that what Israel is doing will be talked about and the greater understanding of it's evil will take place. Protestors will be at the venue who may not have been there if Israel had not attended. I HOPE SOME OF THE ARTISTS WILL END THEIR PERFORMANCE WITH SOME KIND OF STATEMENT
@HM-ve3kz 24 күн бұрын
James O'Brian please do your homework 🤦♀️there wasnt a 'cease fire' before 7th of October. The equivalent with Russia is spot on...Israel is the OCCUPIER, just like Russia is.
@louishigh30 25 күн бұрын
Why is the UK allowed in Eurovision? Leave means leave surely?
@craighart9278 24 күн бұрын
🤦♂️ It has nothing to do with the EU. The UK is in the European Broadcasting Area (look it up), and the BBC (state broadcaster) is a member of the EBU, which means that they can compete.
@louishigh30 24 күн бұрын
@@craighart9278 It was meant to be a little joke. James would get it.
@craighart9278 24 күн бұрын
@louishigh30 Ahhh, OK.
@laurenzomars1683 24 күн бұрын
The UK is geographically in EUROPE !
@jituhanif 24 күн бұрын
When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” Free Palestine.
@johnrussell3961 25 күн бұрын
Isreal is in EUFA becuase it’s unsafe to play with others in the Middle East football union.. But that privilege requires them to uphold European values. Its not a right,
@mimicocto 25 күн бұрын
It's not unsafe to play against Middle Eastern teams but it would be utterly humiliating if they would loose against any of them. Knowing Israeli football team they will loose against pretty much any Middle Eastern country at any given point.
@magnuscarlsson9969 25 күн бұрын
@@mimicocto Yeah the general attitude seem to be more like... "Eww no" then "Get em'!". At least that was the general attitude i picked up while traveling in the region when it came to peoples views on IL. This was ofc. during "peace time" so i would assume way more people are a bit more heated about the issue these past few months. In the context of sport events however i would assume that playing in for example Qatar or Egypt would not be all that pleasant considering the usual sports crowds and their chants etc. Might be perceived as hostile, but not exactly dangerous. One thing which is for sure however is the normalized view of Middle easterners as "savages", so when IL speaks people believe them more often then not.
@romanaschwemlein2533 24 күн бұрын
Israel is not even in Europe wy are they there in the First place 😮
@KernowWarrior 25 күн бұрын
At least if Israel is participating the UK wont be last this year.
@ne-ht4zx 25 күн бұрын
Oh I'll be voting for Israel. Proud that the UK supports them
@adriftinaboat3452 24 күн бұрын
They don’t-fascist by any other name
@paolawhittlerojas7075 24 күн бұрын
I was part of the demonstration in Malmö yesterday, we were FAR more than 10 thousand! Every single media outlet in Sweden is lying!! We were at least 30 thousand and tomorrow we will be even more!!! Malmö stands with Palestine!!! ALWAYS!!!!! 💔🇵🇸✊🏽
@robsurname4054 24 күн бұрын
Keep strong :)
@RGrupp 24 күн бұрын
Did you count them one by one?
@chatham43 24 күн бұрын
@paola If this doesn't stop the conflict..nothing will!😀😀
@TrottersPad 23 күн бұрын
@@chatham43 errr well I guess that's a NO then, 323 points, voted second by the public vote, I guess that speaks volumes doesn't it !! Congrats to Israel 🇮🇱
@GSOHJM 24 күн бұрын
James is big on speaking truth to power. Unless his colleagues do it and get fired for it. Where is Sangita?
@avivrokah7373 23 күн бұрын
You’re so brainwashed James by the Palestinian and Hamas narrative it’s sad
@stream_gene 24 күн бұрын
I'm still asking the question "why is Israel allowed to compete in EUROvision when it isn't a part of Europe?"
@margote7965 23 күн бұрын
Because it is in the European broadcast area. Israel wants to be in the west. It hates the culture of those living around it. It is a western colonial society. The fact it doesn't want to mix means there will never be peace. It wants Greater Israel . I think some of them want to include Jordan in that.
@nicholson392005 24 күн бұрын
We need you to support your colleague Sangita coming back to LBC to make what you say meaningful on this subject , as for Eurovision its hard to forgive them for doing this , I have been watching it for years and thought they cared about these issues
@rooks4ever 24 күн бұрын
Talking about hypocrisy when Sangita was censored by thisZionist platform
@aravaldez-fallon3142 24 күн бұрын
EUROVISION SHAME ON YOU
@blaisemom3103 24 күн бұрын
Question? How many middle eastern performers are there? Is it a EUROPEAN contest? Is America or Mexico there? So why is Israel in the contest? Russia isnt there right???? Double standards once again for Israel
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