Yuval Raphael: Slime for hope at ESC after bad terrorist experiences!
Yuval Raphael: Slime for hope at ESC after bad terrorist experiences!
With the song "New Day Will Rise",Israel presented its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in 2025 in Switzerland. 24-year-old Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the most brutal Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023, embodies a message of hope and overcoming pain through her song. During the terrorist attack, which aimed at a music festival, she lost many friends when terrorists killed 364 people and kidnapped many more. Raphael survived by hiding in a shelter for hours. Her song is not only a personal testimony, but also reflects the collective trauma of her nation, as the Krone
The song is about overcoming pain and mixes emotional passages with allusions to the terrible event from October. The accompanying video shows young people who run through a green and flowering landscape, in which red anemones, symbols of the Israeli south can also be seen. These flowers stand for the region, which suffered particularly from the consequences of the attack. Raphael, who spent her childhood in Switzerland, sings in English, French and Hebrew, and her texts encourage with the words: "A new day will begin, life will go on", as
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