I mean, there’s obviously something going on. Public sentiment towards Ukraine is still strong and you still see yellow and blue flags flying but sympathy for Israel was never as strong and it’s since massively died off given how they’ve reacted. The vote is clearly not a reflection of genuine public opinion. But what’s going on, are certain people just voting loads of times?

  • LordOfLocksley@lemmy.worldEnglish
    39·
    4 days ago

    I’ll give you 3 answers, you pick your favourite:

    • logical: Fans of Israel’s song/ supporters of their government only have 1 song to vote for, everyone else has 25 to choose between
    • cynical: there are zionists all over the world, who may be a minority in a population overall, but they all come out of the woodwork and pull together at events like this
    • conspiracy: Mosad, the Israeli spy branch of government, set up a bunch of burner phone numbers all over Europe and used those to farm votes for Israel, in order to push the narrative “look, the general public all over Europe support us” (75% of the Italian public vote that went to Israel in 2024 came from newly connected numbers)

    You chose which you’d like to believe the most

    • mdk_@lemmy.world
      62·
      4 days ago

      Fourth reason: Apolitical. Does not know anything going on in the world and likes the song or does not care because it doesn’t concern them.

      • LordOfLocksley@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        4 days ago

        Ok I’ve spent a hell of a lot of time trying to find it for you but can’t anymore.

        Maybe I’m having a case of the Mandela effect, who knows.

        There is definitely something fishy going on. For a song that was apparently so popular with the public last year, it amazingly dropped out of top 20 streamed songs within days. Keep an eye on the streaming charts this year. As Israel’s entry was apparently the most popular with the public this year, it would make sense for it to stay in top 20 for quite some time. Only time will tell