In Ireland (and the rest of the EU) paid online ads must include information on who sponsors them. I clicked to where the information can be found and it said “Israel’s Government Advertising Agency”.
Ah, cool. Can you check who sponsored the other countries Eurovision ads then? Out of curiosity. Because I understand no one cares about them.
So again ask yourself why is a government doing that?
Really? Why is that surprising and/or criminal? I said in my previous post, I'm certain the Israeli Ministry of Culture is in this; I think they participate in the promotion of Eurovision entries of Israel pretty much every year - it's a pretty big thing in Israel; we don't have a lot of cultural events like other European nations. There was Nova Festival, of course, but alas. So do other nations, especially smaller ones. It's a PR thing, and I honestly see nothing wrong with it; also I think it is the least effective when it comes to actual convincing of people voting for an entry.
I think you will have to admit that some of your compatriots just don't like the wild anti-Israeli smearing campaign led by your media and government, and they feel strongly enough to take part in a pathetic music competition voting. I find it much more plausible than the conspiracy theories about Mosad activating its agents to vote in different countries, or your conspiracy that the results are bought by the Israeli government. Trust and believe, the Israeli government has much more important things to do; and not being an authocracy like Azerbaijan, it can't just divert endless public funds into some ridiculous projects, therefore whatever campaign there was, it was limited by a very modest sum in posession of one of the least funded ministries of Israel.
Also the wilingness to stand for one's state is in direct relation to the threat that state experiences. I don't expect Europeans to understand the sense of urgency, danger and betrayal we feel, but Israelis (and Jews to a certain extent) in Israel and Europe feel it coming from Arab terrorists and their European sympathizers, and therefore put aside for a while their eternal political divisions, instead willing to fight against this threat in any way they posess, including such stupid ones like voting at the Eurovision or replying to quite luducrous posts on figure skating boards.
Given all that, I fear Eurovision won't be behaving normally for as long as Israel is a political entity rather than a geographic one. And to be honest, given the price other people pay thanks to this situation (both Israelis and Palestinians), I think it's fair to expect Eurovision fashionados to cope.
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) and Sandra Studer were good hosts
When the Israeli song went to first place she said "That's all we need!" 
