Israeli singer

Israel’s Noam Bettan keeps singing through Eurovision boycott storm

Israel’s Noam Bettan speaks to The Jerusalem Post about the challenges he faced on the road to Eurovision.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Noam Bettan will represent Israel at Eurovision 2026.
Israeli singer Nasreen Qadri performs at Safra Square in Jerusalem on August 11, 2021.

Singer Nasreen Kadri offers public apology, pledges support after assault claims by Rom Braslavski

Kadri stated that the incident "should not have happened," while she also referred to the suffering Breslavsky has endured over the past two years.

|ByHODAYA RAN
Pro-Palestinian protestors hold a flag and a banner outside the RTE (Radio Telefis Eireann) Irish public service broadcaster television studios as demonstrators call for an Irish boycott of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if there is Israeli participation, in Dublin, Ireland, November 1, 2025.

Boycotts and rule changes don’t stop Israel topping Eurovision odds

Israel leads Eurovisionworld.com’s early odds with 10%, followed by Sweden 9%, Ukraine 7%, Finland 6%, and Italy 5%.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Howie performing at his Love and Faith show

From Rising Star to national inspiration: A musical journey after October 7 - interview

While he once stood under the bright lights of Kochav Habah (Rising Star), his music now resonates in a different key: soul, faith, and national healing.

|ByNOA FEIGENBAUM

שִירִים עַד כָּאן

A song for Heshvan: 'Poems up to Here'

NOVEMBER 9, 2016ByJPOST IVRIT STAFF
Shiru Shir, Natan Yonatan

יוֹרֶה יָקָר

A song for Elul: 'Dear First Rain'

AUGUST 25, 2016ByJPOST IVRIT STAFF
Shiru Shir, Mozart

עִבְרִייָה - שִירֵי רָחֵל

New show: A Hebrew Woman – The Poems of Rahel

AUGUST 25, 2016ByJPOST IVRIT STAFF
New show: A Hebrew Woman – The Poems of Rahel

רֵיחַ דְבַש וְרֵיחַ מֶנְטָה

A song for Av: 'The Scent of Honey and the Scent of Peppermint'

AUGUST 3, 2016ByJPOST IVRIT STAFF
Shiru Shir, yaffa yarkoni

יְקִיצָה

New album: Awakening

AUGUST 3, 2016ByJPOST IVRIT STAFF
New album: Awakening

מִקָצֶה לְקָצֶה

New creation: From End to End

AUGUST 3, 2016ByJPOST IVRIT STAFF
New creation: From End to End

מַחֲנֵה קַיִץ

A song for Tamuz: 'Summer Camp'

JULY 13, 2016ByJPOST IVRIT STAFF
Shiru Shir, Alterman

שִירֵי אֶרֶץ

New album: Songs of a Land

JUNE 30, 2016ByJPOST IVRIT STAFF
New album: Songs of a Land

Israeli selection for Eurovision contest in Sweden advances to finals

Hovi Star qualified for the finals with his namesake song "Made of Stars," to which he received a standing ovation from the audience.

MAY 13, 2016ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Hovi Star at a Meet & Greet during the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm.

מִשִירֵי רָחֵל: פְּגִישָה, חֲצִי פְּגִישָה

A song for Adar B: 'Meeting, Half-Meeting'

MARCH 3, 2016ByJPOST IVRIT STAFF
Shiru Shir, Rahel