Eurovision Warns Israel over Vote Manipulation
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The EBU has reacted just days before the 70th Eurovision Song Contest (May 12–16 in Vienna), sending a warning to Israeli broadcaster KAN for violating the contest rules. The reason was a promotional video, in which Israel's representative, Noam Bettan, in 13 languages, called on viewers to vote 10 times for Israel. Eurovision director Martin Green confirmed that the EBU was notified on May 8 and within 20 minutes contacted the Israeli delegatio…
Multilingual videos featuring Hebrew representative Noam Bettan calling for a vote for his song have appeared on social media in recent days, while the rules of the contest now prohibit them.
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The Israeli participant Noam Bettan had called on social media in various languages to vote ten times for Israel.
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