Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai to the official residence Wednesday, and joined her in doing her iconic chicken dance.
Netanyahu greeted the singer with, “Kapara alayich,” which was Barzilai’s blessing to her followers on the finish of every efficiency. In colloquial Hebrew, it's a pet identify that means “darling” or “sweetie.”
In alternate Barzilai gave the prime minister and his spouse a chicken-shaped lollipop every, in honor of her profitable tune, affectionately often known as the chicken tune, for the vocal sounds the singer makes and her signature dance strikes.
“She’s talented, she’s sweet and she brought us glory,” Netanyahu informed Barzilai.
During a video of the assembly Netanyahu joined Barzilai’s father in doing the chicken strikes made well-known by Barzilai.
Netanyahu had already been captured on movie flapping his arms on his solution to a cupboard assembly on Sunday, and he posted one other video of himself flapping away with Netta on Wednesday.
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— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) May 16, 2018
On Saturday night time, Netta Barzilai clucked and bucked her method by “Toy,” a catchy ditty that had been the bookmakers’ favourite to win for weeks earlier than the worldwide contest in Portugal.
Israel’s victory, its first since 1998, means it wins the correct to host subsequent yr’s finals, which, within the intervening many years, have remodeled into a large extravaganza with two rounds, tens of hundreds of followers, and thousands and thousands 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 Jerusalem.