its because of the European broadcasting network they share. Morocco and Lebanon have been past contestants.

Same reason why Australia is in

The ideology of the ruling class is racialized and they have no illusions about what that means, the idea that geographic logic would hold any sway over them would make them laugh, if pressed plenty of them with admit Israel is a "civilized" European outpost in "a sea of barbarism"

Of course it doesn't stop zionists from making mangled nonsensical claims about indigeneity, the point is to disconcert and confuse their enemies