Second Israeli song entry for Eurovision in dispute as contest deadline approaches
The dispute over the song is the latest stage in an ongoing controversy over Israel’s participation in the annual competition
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I began the interview with a question I ask almost everybody these days: “Do you have a pandemic hobby?” Eden Alene looked at me, politely confused. “What is a pandemic hobby?” “You know,” I said, thinking of all my failed sourdough starters. “A lot of people learned to do new things because they had so…
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