Music

A new ballad by newcomer Amir Abu features both Hebrew and Arabic lyrics. "That represents who I am," the Beersheba native says.

The 19-year-old wins reality show searching for next singing sensation to represent Israel in the May competition in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Alene is the first Israeli of Ethiopian descent to represent the country in the competition.

"No one told me there would be anything wrong with going or that I could possibly be offending anyone," she writes after being bombarded with hate-filled comments criticizing her praise of the Jewish state.

Israeli singer Dana International’s winning 1998 Eurovision song ranks 14 in Rolling Stone Italia’s list of groundbreaking pride songs. Gloria Gaynor's timeless classic "I Will Survive" tops the list; top five include Madonna, Lady Gaga, Queen and Italy's own Raffaella Carrà.

Concert promoters Live Nation Israel and pop superstar's U.S. representatives confirm reports in Israeli media that Madonna will perform two songs in Tel Aviv during three-day Eurovision competition in May.

Dudu Tassa's new album, El-Hajar, which in Arabic means "exile," is a mashup of modern takes on melodies made popular by his forebears, the late Daoud and Saleh al-Kuwaiti, who fled from Iraq to Israel close to 70 years ago.

A number of leading British artists have signed a petition that ran in the UK's Guardian newspaper on Tuesday, urging...

Australian musician Nick Cave has spoken out about his decision to perform in Israel last year despite pressure from the...