Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, celebrating Israel’s victory on the Eurovision Song Competition, handled journalists to a fast chicken dance as he made his strategy to a cupboard assembly Sunday.
On Saturday night time, Netta Barzilai clucked and bucked her manner by way of “Toy,” a catchy ditty that had been the bookmakers’ favourite to win for weeks earlier than the worldwide contest in Portugal.
Affectionately often called the chicken tune, for the vocal sounds the singer makes and her signature dance strikes, the tune addresses girls’s empowerment following the #MeToo motion.
Outside of the cupboard assembly, Netanyahu was caught on digital camera briefly flapping his arms and smiling, in a comedian celebration of Israel’s victory.
בוקר טוי ישראל!
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He then posted on Twitter the video of his chicken impersonation to his followers.
Netanyahu opened the cupboard assembly with one other tribute to Barzilai. Instead of “boker tov” — “good morning”– Netanyahu opened his on-the-record remarks to ministers with “boker toy.”
“These days, Jerusalem is blessed with many gifts,” the prime minister stated Sunday. “We received another one yesterday evening, with Netta’s suspenseful and shining victory. The gift was that Eurovision will be coming to Jerusalem next year, and we are proud to be hosting it.”
Israel’s victory, its first since 1998, means it wins the precise to host subsequent yr’s finals, which, within the intervening a long time, have remodeled into a large extravaganza with two rounds, tens of 1000's of followers, and tens of millions extra tuning in around the globe.
Barzilai’s win got here on Jerusalem Day, when the nation celebrates the anniversary of the reunification of its capital following 1967’s Six Day War. It was additionally the day earlier than the United States is to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerualem.
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— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) May 12, 2018
Barzilai ended her acceptance speech in Lisbon with the well-known phrase, “Next year in Jerusalem.”
Later, addressing the Foreign Ministry reception celebrating the United States Embassy’s relocation to Jerusalem, Netanyahu commented on the truth that the Eurovision hosts talked about each nation’s capital aside from Israel’s.
“Those who didn’t want Jerusalem in the Eurovision now get Eurovision in Jerusalem,” he stated.
While the Eurovision ultimate was happening, Netanyahu had posted on Twitter, “Netta, kapara alayich,” which was Barzilai’s blessing to her followers on the finish of every efficiency. In colloquial Hebrew, it's a pet identify which means “darling” or “sweetie,” however the Bing translation software inside Twitter misunderstood the phrase “kapara” to be “para” — and translated the phrase as “Netta, you’re a cow”
אנשים חושבים משהו אחר בגלל התרגום… ביבי…. pic.twitter.com/KiHvW265Bz
— Meidan (@xTraPlayeRx) May 12, 2018
Barzilai will carry out a victory live performance in Tel Aviv’s iconic Rabin Square on Monday night time for her 1000's of followers, alongside earlier Israeli representatives to the worldwide singing competitors.