Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday postponed a vote on whether to ban Israel from participating in next year’s competition. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which oversees Eurovision, said it would delay its decision until its winter general assembly on Dec. 4, citing “the need for open and in-person discussion” in light of “recent developments in the Middle East.”

Israel and Hamas moved ahead on a key first step of the tenuous Gaza ceasefire agreement by freeing hostages and detainees on Monday. Many obstacles remain to a lasting peace — including whether Israel will pull its military entirely out of Gaza, whether Hamas will disarm and who will govern Gaza — but the peace plan may already be shifting the debate around calls to ban and boycott culture comin

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