Israel won the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 , and therefore hosted the 2019 edition in Tel Aviv . However , the EBU warned that the pending plan to make the IPBC 's news department a separate broadcaster ( leaving the IPBC responsible for entertainment programming only ) conflicted with rules requiring member broadcasters to handle both news and entertainment programming . On 18 June 2018 , as a high-court decision on the split approached , Netanyahu said that the Israeli government would comply with EBU rules to protect its hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest . On 7 December 2018 , the EBU General Assembly voted unanimously to approve the IPBC 's membership application
2019 edition
Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation