20:1820:18, 12 June 2021diffhist−201
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Eurovision Song Contest 1997
→Non-participating countries: Israeli broadcast was supposed to be delayed due to the Holocaust Remembrance Day, but eventually the Remembrance Day was delayed in 24 hours by the government due to the Sabbath. Therefore, the Eurovision was broadcasted live this year (I personally watched it live on IBA Israeli television)Tag: Visual edit
23:4723:47, 11 June 2021diffhist−36
Eurovision Song Contest 1979
→Broadcasters and commentators: That is incorrect. Israel never had a tv commentator when the IBA broadcasted the contest, and it broadcasted re-runs of 1979 lots of times - always with no commentators. Israel has only started having commentators in 2018, when the the new public channel Kan replaced the closed IBA.Tag: Visual edit