Recently Israeli Author Meir Shalev passed away at 74 and Yehonatan Geffen passed away at 76.
Rehearsals are closely watched by the Eurovision press and fans, who vote on their favorite performances from the rehearsals.
Just before the Israeli delegation boards a plane to the upcoming Eurovision Song contest in Liverpool, we checked what they're saying about us in Europe:
With her new single ‘Thousand Kilometers,’ Inbal Paz proves that being over 40 is not a disadvantage.
Do all roads in Israeli pop music lead eventually to Eurovision?
MIDDLE ISRAEL: What Fox News did with Trump’s defeat is what its Israeli clones did with the deaths of writers Yehonatan Geffen and Meir Shalev.
Geffen, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 76, was laid to rest on Friday in the Nahalal cemetery.