February 26, 2018, Updated April 22, 2020
• Israel wins the Eurovision Song Contest with “A-Ba-Ni-Bi” by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta. As a result, the next Eurovision Song Contest was held in Jerusalem the following year, when Israel won again — this time for the song “Hallelujah,” performed by Gali Atari and Milk and Honey.
• Israel sends its first medical team to respond to a foreign crisis, in Cambodia.
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