Eurovision has rolled over for Israel and four other nations have walked out over it, but another body HAS had the guts to so no to Israel... Right, so Eurovision has finally hit the point where the organisers can’t keep up the pretence anymore, because when Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Slovenia all walk rather than share a stage with Israel, it tells you the whole neutrality myth has rotted through. The European Broadcasting Union is still trying to sell the idea that this isn’t political, which is quite something when the public can watch Gaza being levelled in real time and then watch the EBU act like participation is just a technical matter. And the funniest part is that Guinness World Records, of all things, has shown more awareness of the moment by quietly freezing submissions from Israel and the Palestinian territories, because even ...