Iceland and Belgium are scheduled to decide next week whether they will withdraw from the Eurovision competition after Israel’s participation was confirmed.

The Icelandic public broadcaster RÚV and the French-language channel RTBF will decide Next week if they participate or withdraw From the next edition of Eurovision after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) on Thursday approved Israel’s participation.

Last week, the management of the Icelandic Channel approved a resolution urging the European Broadcasting Union to exclude Israel due to its human rights violations in Gaza, but It won’t be until Wednesday the 10th when I make a final decision About their participation, RÚV also reported on Friday on its website.

At the European Broadcasting Union’s General Assembly meeting held on Thursday in Geneva, the Union’s members – who belong to 68 public radio and television channels from 56 countries – expressed They accepted a series of reforms, which ensured Israel’s survival.

This caused the immediate withdrawal of Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Slovenia Belgium said it would decide whether to participate in the competition “in the coming days.”

The reforms were approved by a large majority of 738 voteswhich faced 264 votes against and 120 abstentions, consisted of reducing television broadcast to viewers (from 20 to 10), bringing back expert juries for the semi-finals, and introducing technical improvements to strengthen security against attempts at fraud and manipulation.

The questions posed to voters were whether or not they were satisfied with the proposed changes, and whether an additional vote on Israel’s participation was necessary.

A resounding majority expressed Satisfaction with the reforms and that it is not necessary to vote on Israel.

The vote was secret at the request of a group of countries, including Spain, according to sources close to the association.