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Thursday, May 22, 2025
Yuval Raphael performs her Eurovision song at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square
Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
Yuval Raphael, Israel’s Eurovision 2025 representative, and singer-songwriter Keren Peles, who co-wrote this year’s song, “New Day Will Rise,” perform the piece in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square on this evening.
The song, which was performed by Raphael at the Eurovision finale on May 17, won second place at the song contest in Basel, Switzerland.
Raphael and Peles’ performance takes place ahead of “Evyatar’s Jam,” a weekly Thursday evening event organized by the family and friends of hostage Evyatar David, who is still held captive and was taken hostage from the Nova desert rave on October 7 with his best friend, Guy Gilboa-Dalal.
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