[coldtea]

>Excluding Israeli citizens from it hurts their moderates more than it hurts the hardliners.

Nah, it hurts their public image and thus hardliners. Like similar actions against South Africa did.

[ifwinterco]

Whatever their rhetoric they desperately crave respectability, making Israel a pariah state à la 1980s South Africa would hurt them badly.

Why else are they even trying to be in Eurovision and UEFA in the first place

[gordonhart]

They’re in UEFA because half of the countries in Asia (AFC) and Africa (CAF) wouldn’t play them. Same reason Russia considered leaving UEFA recently.

[coldtea]

>They’re in UEFA because half of the countries in Asia (AFC) and Africa (CAF) wouldn’t play them.

And how's that a problem of UEFA?