Eurovision: Final kicks off overshadowed by Israel dispute

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The Eurovision Song Contest final began in Austria's capital Vienna on Saturday night amid a boycott by five countries over Israel's participation . Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Iceland and Slovenia have pulled out of the world's biggest live music contest , now in its 70th year, in protest at Israel's involvement. "We will not be in Vienna, ​but we will do so with the conviction that we are on the right side of history," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on X on ​Friday. The

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