Claim: The flag of Palestine and other "pro-Palestinian symbols" are banned from the annual Eurovision song contest. Eurovision, officially known as the Eurovision Song Contest, has famously and historically claimed to be nonpolitical, as seen on the competition's official website:NON-POLITICAL EVENT The ESC is a non-political event. So has Eurovision really banned Palestinian flags and symbols? The flag of Palestine — recognized as a sovereign state by 142 of the 193 member states of the United Nations — is not the only flag banned at Eurovision. An internal document accidentally published online ahead of 2016's competition included examples of banned flags, according to CBC News.

Source: The Guardian May 09, 2024 16:05 UTC