“It seems that the Spaniards have spoken”
Israel’s participation in Eurovision Festival He not only participated in the controversy before celebrating the competition, but also later. The Israeli actor, Yval Rafael, was about to become the festival winner Thanks to the General TelevotoHe raised him to second place, very close to Austria, the winning country. In Spain, that Televoto He gave the utmost (12 points) to IsraelThe fact that the Israeli Minister of Diaspora and combating anti -Semitism, Amichai chikli, He seized the opportunity to download against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Sanchez, It seems that the Spaniards have spoken And the trait that we heard here in Jerusalem, “wrote a church in a short letter in the Spanish published in the social network x.
He accompanied the phrase List of countries and points The Spanish company Televoto, headed by Israel, which received 12 years. This is the second consecutive year that the country gets the maximum result of Televoto by Spain, also coincides with the war in the Gaza Strip.
this It is not the first time Chicli criticizes the Spanish Prime Minister. He did this already last March, during a conference against anti -Semitism organized by his ministry in Jerusalem, which was attended by many super -European parties, including Spanish Fox.
So, Sanchez said It is a “anti -antibiotics” To encourage the international community to recognize the Palestinian state “after the October 7 massacre.” “I don’t want any connection with Sanchez, I do not respect Sanchez,” he added.
This Saturday, Consumption has returned to Eurovision During the work of the Israeli actor, although it is not with the intensity they made in 2024. However, the controversy was presented in Spain After notifying the European Radiation Union (UUE), festival organizer, that I can have mercy If he repeated the comments he made about Israel during the second semi -finals.
In that semi -finals, last Thursday, the Spanish commentators, Julia Varilla and Tony Aguilar, remembered during the introduction to the work of the Israeli candidate that the Spanish public entity had officially requested UU A discussion was opened about Israel’s continuity In the midst of the attack in Palestine, which already left “more than 50,000”.
the RTVE response UUER threats were not long. Moments before the big final start, The following message is broadcast on English and Spanish On the black background: “Facing human rights, silence is not an option. Peace and justice to Palestine“This identical version was also published through social networks and shared by the head of the General entity, Jose Pablo Lopez.
Once the competition passes, and with musical composition In last place, Radio Televisión Español Televoto was placed in the axis of criticism. In fact, among the 357 points obtained by the Israeli Yuval Raphael in total, 232 exclusively came from Televoto. This has led to RTVE that he will be asked for the eurovision organizers A discussion is opened about whether the state of war conflicts These voices are from the audience.
As RTVE explained in a statement, many countries will submit the same request, “When considering this Televoto is affected by war conflicts It is currently happening and that can make the ceremony lose its cultural essence. “
In addition, the Spanish delegation wants to know How was the Spanish vote distributed; “This is the number of votes that each country received in Spain,” he added.
Currently, you can only know – after ordering data from UER – Number of votes That there and how it was done. Thus, during the first semi -finals, Televoto de España was formed by 774 calls, 2,377 SMS and 11,310 votes online. Some numbers that increased significantly in the final: 7,283 calls, 23,840 text messages and 111,565 votes online.
This has been translated into 12 points for Israel. 10, to Ukraine; 8, to Poland; 7, to Estonia; 6, to Finland; 5, to Sweden; 4, to Austria; 3, to Albania; 2, to Norway, and 1 point to France.
