Is Spain planning Eurovision 2026 boycott over Israeli participation?

Spanish Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun has joined Slovenia’s national broadcaster in threatening to withdraw their country’s participation in Eurovision 2026 if Israel is not banned.

“I don’t think we can normalise Israel’s participation in international events as if nothing is happening.”

These were the words spoken by Ernest Urtasun, the Spanish Minister for Culture, who has stated that Spain should withdraw from Eurovision 2026 if Israel is not excluded from the contest.