By Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA (Reuters) -Members of the European Broadcasting Union will vote in November on Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna next year, according to media reports.

Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung and the Guardian reported on Thursday that EBU members were informed of the vote in a letter from the organisation’s president.

“A vote on participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 will take place at an extraordinary meeting of the EBU’s General Assembly to be held online in early November,” the EBU told Reuters in a statement, without expressly naming Israel.

The Kronen Zeitung included a screenshot of the letter which said that the EBU executive board recognised that it could not reach a consensual position on the participation of Isra

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