• Hacksaw@lemmy.ca
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      10 hours ago

      There isn’t a single country Israel borders that is considered European. How can you possibly claim Israel is a European country?

        • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Most present day Israelis come from or descended from people who came from, Russia, by a large margin, as shown here

          Europe is the second or third area of origin (lots from Europe but also roughly the same from the Middle East - I couldn’t be arsed to add up the numbers from the various countries to figure out exactly which was highest).

          If you consider Russia to be an European nation, then you are correct. Under that assumption, Russia would also be the most regressive nation of Europe, which explains a lot about Israel - Israel’s self-proclaimed “Western values” are the same as Russia, hence the imperialism, racism and complete total disregard for human life.

    • mrmule@sh.itjust.works
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      It has nothing to do with them being European. It’s because Isreal is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Also sponsorship of the event by Moroccanoil, which despite its name is Israeli.

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      11 hours ago

      In Asia? Is this that New Geography?

      Interestingly, that site mentions Israel’s “strong ties to Europe” as a reason for its participation. Is Canada in Eurovision? Australia? The US (I actually know the answer to this onej?