There are plenty of wins Israel could use right now, Eurovision is not one of them. In the lead-up to Eurovision, an undue amount of attention was showered on Israel and singer Yuval Raphael.

The Eurovision Song Contest is officially a European music competition, yet it includes participation from countries outside the geographical borders of Europe. Among them are Israel, a long-time ...

Yuval Raphael finished in second place in the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel on Saturday night and was elated on the morning after her stunning victory. “I can’t explain to you the level of my ...

Just minutes before Yuval Raphael went onstage to represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest final last weekend, the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, posted an appeal to his 1. ...

Israel’s Yuval Raphael ran away with the public vote at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night, getting the highest support possible from 12 participating countries and in the ...

Israel’s entry into the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest is slated to take the stage on for Thursday’s (May 15) second semi-final round amid tensions around the country’s participation in the ...

Israel has competed in Eurovision for more than 50 years and won four times. But last year’s event in Sweden drew large demonstrations calling for Israel to be kicked out of the contest over its ...

Yuval Raphael, Israel’s Eurovision 2025 representative and survivor of the Hamas Oct. 7 attack on the Nova festival, speaks to the media in Tel Aviv, March 9, 2025. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg) ...

Eurovision's finals are set, with Israel, Lithuania, Greece, Armenia and Denmark among the countries that made it through Thursday's semi-finals. Eurovision Sets Finalists for 2025 Competition ...

Singer Yuval Raphael, representing Israel with the song New Day Will Rise, parades during the flag ceremony prior to the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest, St Jakobshalle arena, Basel ...

One of Eurovision’s most consistent participants, Israel has found its road to this year’s grand final rockier than usual. Its performer, Yuval Raphael, a 24-year-old singer, is a survivor of ...