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by ifwinterco 7 days ago
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
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gordonhart 6 days ago
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.
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coldtea 6 days ago
>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?

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