Slovenia, which backed out of this year’s Eurovision in protest of Israel being allowed to compete, announced this week that it would also not air the contest on its public broadcaster.

The country pulled out of the 2026 competition last year along with Spain, Ireland, Iceland and the Netherlands, following a vote by European Broadcasting Union members which cleared the way for Israel to remain in the contest.

Slovenia’s RTV said Thursday that it also would not be airing the competition, which is slated to be held next month in Vienna.

“We will not be broadcasting the Eurovision Song Contest,” Ksenija Horvat, RTV Slovenia director told The Associated Press. “We will be airing the film series ‘Voices of Palestine,’ featuring Palestinian documentaries and feature films.”

In a post on the RTV website, the broadcaster said between May 10 and 20 it will air a number of films, including the Oscar-winning “No Other Land” and the Oscar-nominated “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” as well as several discussion programs designed to “shed light on people’s stories and the broader context of current events in the Middle East.”

Spain’s RTVE and Irish broadcaster RTE said already last year, when they pulled out of the competition, that they would also........

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