Arab-Israeli belts to #1 on 'The Voice Israel'

[King_David]

19-year-old Lina Makhoul from Acre takes home crown of Israel's top vocalist after battling it out on season two of "The Voice."

After battling it out for nearly three months on live television, talented contestants from The Voice Israel's second season have been competing to be crowned this year's top vocalist. This year's winner? An Arab-Israeli.

19-year-old Lina Makhoul from Acre out-sang her competitors on Saturday evening's season finale, and will be awarded a record deal, as well as a scholarship to attend music school.

While accepting her victory on Saturday's live television broadcast, Makhoul admitted to being a victim of racism throughout the filming of season 2 of The Voice Israel.

In Makhoul's final performance, she belted out a rendition of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, and proved her talent was deserving of a top place in this year's competition.


http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Arts/Arab-Israeli-belts-to-1-on-The-Voice-Israel-307558

[jessie04]

1. I read that on line.

Arab-Israelis go to universities ,jobs and win contests. And are in the kinesset.

Says everything about Israel .

[shira]

2. Here's one on the Supreme Court...

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But all of this is BS window-dressing according to the haters. Israel just pretends to do this in order to try making others forget about the big "crime" of the occupation.

[delrem]

3. "the big "crime"" ... "the haters"...

Amazing how Lina Makhoul's triumph has already been instantly politicized in DU I/P.

Could it be just TV, entertainment, and recognition of a beautiful voice? Maybe it's a stretch to link this to "haters" and "the occupation"?

oh fuggid anyway...

[shira]

4. Yes, haters. Own it. n/t

[delrem]

5. You can't rise above the language of hate, for anything? nt

[shira]

6. The hate here for Israel by some folks is blatantly obvious. n/t

[delrem]

7. Well, the hate that you express in every post is obvious, that's for certain.

You can't even talk about the winner of a TV contest without expressing it.

[King_David]

8. As an observer of this conversation , all I can say is " pot - kettle "

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

9. You seem to do a lot of observing when Shira needs a lifeline.

[shira]

16. Yeah, there's only so much shira can take....

...from the Israel bashers. No sense making long, exhausting, stupid confrontational threads that go nowhere.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

19. My heart bleeds for your inability to discern fact from fiction.

[shira]

20. Pot - Kettle. n/t

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

21. I applaud you for actually replying instead of having somebody else

do it for you.

Remember, Shira, baby steps first.

[shira]

22. You're hardly worth responding to. So have the last word..... n/t

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

23. If you are going to give me the last word then it is this.

When you act like a hammer everything looks like a nail.

[delrem]

12. Thanks Davey

[azurnoir]

11. yes his name is Salim Joubran did you know that?

and he is one out 15 Supreme Court Justices and the only non-Jew that's progress all right

[jessie04]

14. Thank you

Didn't knoW that.

[azurnoir]

10. yes indeed they do and despite being 25% of Israel's population

non-Jewisn Arabs with Israeli citizenship hold a whole 11 seats out of 120, I think that maybe a new high

[delrem]

13. If the performance was blocked in your country

http://vimeo.com/62539173

[jessie04]

15. That was some performance.

Obviously a truly beautiful and gifted young lady.

How was this performance blocked in Israel ?

[delrem]

24. It was blocked in Canada.

[azurnoir]

25. Thanks that was a lovely performance

[shaayecanaan]

17. Israel has won the Eurovision song contest three times...

the winner of the contest is decided by phone-in votes across all the participating countries.

Interestingly, Israel has received the most votes from countries the hasbaristas here regard as anti-semitic:-

Rank Country Points
1 United Kingdom 147
2 Sweden 122
3 Spain 111
4 France 107
5 Netherlands 106
6 Denmark 94
7 Russia 94
8 Greece 84
9 Norway 78
10 Romania 76

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest

[Jefferson23]

18. Imagine that, all those anti-semites putting aside their hate for a song.

I wonder why they would do that...must be a code for something.