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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Eden Alene

Italy's Maneskin during the live recording of Eurovision 2021. (Screenshot)
May 23, 2021, 5:05 pm
Italian Eurovision winner denies snorting coke on live television
‘Please, guys. Don’t say that really, no cocaine,’ Maneskin frontman says of footage that allegedly showed him taking drugs during show
By ToI Staff
A French demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag as he demonstrates in solidarity with Palestinians in Bayonne, southwestern France, on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)
May 23, 2021, 2:48 pm
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By ToI Staff
Italy's Maneskin wins Eurovision 2021 (Screenshot)
May 23, 2021, 2:45 am
Italy wins Eurovision 2021; Israel places 17th
Eden Alene’s ‘Set Me Free’ receives just 20 points from the public, 93 overall
By Jessica Steinberg
Eden Alene from Israel performs at the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
May 22, 2021, 5:37 pm
Eden set free: Israeli singer to storm Eurovision stage in Saturday night finals
The country’s first Ethiopian-Israeli representative will battle 25 other countries in front of a smaller-than-usual live audience
By ToI Staff
Eden Alene performing at the semifinal round of the 2021 Eurovision in Rotterdam, Netherlands (Courtesy screengrab)
May 19, 2021, 12:44 am
Israel’s Eden Alene makes it into Eurovision finals
Despite social media calls to boycott Israel, Alene’s ‘Set Me Free’ — complete with super-high ‘whistle note’ — wins place in Saturday’s song contest
By Jessica Steinberg
Eden Alene, Israel's 2021 Eurovision representative and winner of the reality show 'The Next Star,' during the final in Neve Ilan studio near Jerusalem on February 4, 2020. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
May 18, 2021, 7:14 pm
Amid war at home, Eden Alene to represent Israel at Eurovision Tuesday night
The country’s first Ethiopian-Israeli representative tweets a message of love and support to family and fans back home ahead of her semifinal performance in the Netherlands
By ToI Staff
Singer Eden Alene performs Israel's entry for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in a new music video, March 26, 2021 (video screenshot)
March 26, 2021, 7:18 pm
Israel’s Eurovision entry gets new music video
‘Set me free,’ performed by Eden Alene, will represent the country in the 2021 competition, to be held in Rotterdam in May; last year’s event was canceled due to pandemic
By ToI Staff
Eden Alene, Israel's 2021 Eurovision representative and winner of the reality show 'The Next Star,' during the final in Neve Ilan studio near Jerusalem on February 4, 2020. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
January 25, 2021, 11:34 pm
‘Set me free’: Israel picks Eurovision song entry for 2021
Eden Alene to become first Israeli of Ethiopian descent to represent Jewish state at international singing contest in May; last year’s event was canceled by pandemic
By ToI Staff
Avraham Abera Mengistu, undated. (Courtesy of the Mengistu family via AP)
September 7, 2020, 6:38 pm
Family of Israeli civilian held in Gaza for 6 years laments public apathy
On anniversary of Avera Mengistu crossing into Hamas-controlled territory, siblings say state will only act when it sees widespread support for his release
By ToI Staff
A screenshot of Micah Hendler (center), conducting 100 singers and musicians in his rearrangement of 'Home,' created during the coronavirus (Courtesy The Jerusalem Youth Chorus)
May 18, 2020, 4:27 pm
Stars join Jewish-Arab youth chorus for video from a distance
David Broza, Achinoam Nini, Mira Awad, ‘Hamilton’ stars and other musical celebs join in for unique digital arrangement
By Jessica Steinberg
Eurovision 2020 contestant Eden Alene (Kan screen grab)
March 18, 2020, 6:02 pm
Israel’s contestant cries on TV as Eurovision nixed over pandemic
Eden Alene says she’s crushed by decision to scrap singing competition, says it ‘hurts inside’
By Jessica Steinberg
Eden Alene, Israel's 2021 Eurovision representative and winner of the reality show 'The Next Star,' during the final in Neve Ilan studio near Jerusalem on February 4, 2020. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
March 4, 2020, 11:38 am
Israel picks its 2020 Eurovision entry, sung in four languages
‘Feker Libi,’ co-written by writer of 2018 winning entry ‘Toy,’ will be sung in English, Hebrew, Amharic and Arabic by Eden Alene, the first Ethiopian-Israeli to compete in contest
By Michael Bachner
Eden Alene and her mother Zehava Varkanesh, after she was announced the winner of 'HaKochav Haba,' which makes her Israel's representative to the 2020 Eurovision (Courtesy HaKochav Haba)
February 7, 2020, 1:42 am
How Eden Alene became the 1st Israeli of Ethiopian descent bound for Eurovision
The Jerusalem-born teen sings everywhere, from the bathtub to the bus stop, her mother says
By Jessica Steinberg
Eden Alene, Israel's 2020 Eurovision representative and winner of the reality show "The Next Star" during the final in Neve Ilan studio near Jerusalem on February 4, 2020. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
February 5, 2020, 9:42 am
Israel picks Eden Alene, 19, as its 2020 Eurovision representative
Jerusalem native is first Ethiopian-Israeli to be sent to international song contest after winning ‘The Next Star’ reality show
By Michael Bachner
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