Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv
Forget About BDS and Iran. Israel Put Its Best Face Forward in a Eurovision That Succeeded in All Ways but One
The event had everything a host country could hope for
Breaking:
- Australia's conservative coalition wins surprise 3rd term (AP)
- 2020 presidential hopeful Joe Biden blasts 'divider-in-chief' Trump in campaign rally (Reuters)
- EU's Tusk leads pro-Europe march in Poland before key vote (AP)
- German humanitarian group Sea-Watch enters Italian waters with migrants, flouting ban (AP)
- Netanyahu calls Israeli Eurovision entry Kobi Marimi ahead of competition final (Haaretz)
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Haaretz Editorial
Their Lives Are Worth Less
On Thursday, two more names were added to the growing list of construction worker deaths in Israel. The first of these was Xia Zheng Long, 44, of China, who fell from a height o...
Israel
Eurovision Organizers May Punish Icelandic Band for pro-Palestinian Banners
Hatari, whose members have said Israel's 'apartheid is clear,' apparently violated the song contest's rule forbidding the promotion of political messages
Eurovision 2019
WATCH: Second Eurovision Semifinal in Tel Aviv
Russia and the Netherlands are among the countries who won a spot in Saturday's final
Haaretz Magazine
U.S. News
Sackler Family Divided on How to Face OxyContin Lawsuits
Thousands of suits brought on by opioid overdoses have split the owners of drugmaker Purdue Pharma into two camps
Middle East
35,000 Palestinians Left Gaza in 2018; Hamas Blocking Doctors From Leaving
Most of those departing were young, educated and relatively well-off, and mainly reach Europe via Turkey and then Greece
Jewish World
Pulitzer Prize Winning Jewish Author Herman Wouk Dies at 103
David Ben-Gurion, Yitzhak Rabin and Elie Wiesel were among the friends and admirers of the man who wrote 'The Caine Munity' and 'The Winds of War'
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Despite its purportedly Eastern origins, the tale of ‘Aladdin’ began with a French archaeologist and is more the story of Orientalism than anything else
