Eurovision reveals a simple truth: numbers speak clearly; governments and media often do not.
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The Israeli performer overcame boos and boycotts to deliver a crowd-pleasing performance of “Michelle” in Vienna.
Arab commentator: “The people of Israel have carried grief with strength. Now they deserve music, celebration and light.”
The discussion about Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest is far more than a matter of music. It reveals how deeply Israel’s cultural exclusion in Europe has already taken root.
“I’ve never felt so victorious in my life,” said the Israeli singer and Nova massacre survivor.
The juries did their best to ignore Israel, but the voting public showed the Jewish state does not stand alone in Europe.
When will the lockdowns and vaccines begin to produce positive results? This can’t go on forever!
Government resolution likens defamation of and calls to boycott Israel to treatment of European Jews under Hitler and the Nazis
It was an intermission performance, but if this band was really competing, they definitely should have won Eurovision
Hosting the Eurovision song contest gave Israel a chance to show its true self to the rest of the world
