The Eurovision Contest (a competition I don’t watch because I don’t like it) has ended and we witnessed the classic political phenomenon in which Israel-haters attempted to create a boycott to isolate us from the competition. We saw radical left-wing governments displaying excessive hostility in their attempts to silence Israeli participation, such as the current government of Spain led by Pedro Sánchez. Spanish television even interrupted broadcasts to promote rejection of the Jewish state, while maliciously, that same Sánchez government remains silent about actual dictatorships around the world.

Despite all the media hype, the reality was quite different: Israel proudly achieved a 2nd place thanks to the support of real people (including a large part of the Spanish population, which is very........

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