The Eurovision Song Contest is starting in Vienna with tensions simmering over Israel's participation. Five countries are ...

A New York Times investigation found a well-organized campaign by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government that ...

Israel will take to the stage as the Eurovision semi-finals kick off in Vienna on Tuesday, with its very participation ...

EUROVISION 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most controversial editions of the contest in its 70-year history. Five ...

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

VIENNA — Lisa Wegenstein is putting shakshuka on the menu. She hopes it won’t get her any hate. Wegenstein, 59, runs Kantine, ...

By Francois Murphy VIENNA, May 11 (Reuters) - This week's Eurovision Song Contest, already stung by boycotts over Israeli participation, is also facing a test of new public-voting rules introduced to ...

Israel broadcaster’s endorsement of a video from delegate Noam Bettan was found to have broken new rules designed to limit ...

Ahead of the 2026 competition, the EBU did not hold a vote on Israel’s participation, but instead voted to institute new ...

In 2026, Bettan won the 12th season of Rising Star, the reality singing competition that selects Israel's Eurovision entry.

As Israel’s Eurovision contestant Noam Bettan walked the “turquoise carpet” at the annual song competition’s opening ceremony on Sunday in Vienna, this week’s contest was already being eclipsed by con ...