Amy Spiro

Journalist at @TimesofIsrael | Previously @Jerusalem_Post, @NYJewishWeek

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For the past 18 months, I and the @TimesofIsrael have been working to tell the life stories of every single person killed in the Oct 7 attack, to ensure that none of them are forgotten.

The Those We Have Lost project is one of remembrance and memorial.

https://t.co/YVcVgRltJ3

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My latest: Analyzing the full 2026 Eurovision voting data while pointing out the impossibility of really being able to analyze Eurovision voting data.

https://t.co/6UjGooG7Ot

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How ‘Jewish Jet’ Jared Firestone slid his way into the 2026 Winter Olympics https://t.co/KwGuD9NLWz

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Miracle on ice: Israel’s bobsleigh team clinches spot at 2026 Winter Olympics https://t.co/6T0PRwhNbT

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Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Almog Sarusi and Alex Lobanov light Hanukkah candles inside a Hamas tunnel in never before seen video footage to be aired in full Thursday night on @Uvda_tweet.

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After 783 days in captivity, freed hostage Omri Miran has reunited with his two young daughters.

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Hamas starved Evyatar David and forced him to dig his own grave inside a Hamas tunnel for a cruel propaganda video.

Now he's a free man and has been reunited with his family.

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Funding for original Israeli TV projects is about to dry up, warn industry insiders https://t.co/nxD4rY6GsW

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After Spain, Belgium and Finland cast doubt on Israeli singer Yuval Raphael’s popularity at the Eurovision Song Contest this year, the EBU avers that there were no "suspicious or irregular voting patterns" in the semifinals or the grand final.

https://t.co/wGabPzgiaX

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Israel has WON the public vote at the Eurovision and finishes in 2nd place overall, just behind winner Austria.

Israel got 297 votes from the public, ahead of Estonia's 258 and Sweden's 195. But it was only 14th in the jury vote.

https://t.co/fp6YqNegi2

📷: Alma Bengtsson/EBU

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As an anti-Israel protest rages outside the arena, Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the Nova festival massacre, takes the stage at the Eurovision grand final in Basel.

Voters from anywhere in the world can cast their votes at https://t.co/Ru7y9DKClE

📷: Corinne Cumming/EBU

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And Israel's Yuval Raphael has advanced to the Eurovision grand final!

On Saturday night she will compete against 25 other acts, aiming to win both the public vote and the jury votes.

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A relieved and beaming Yuval Raphael exits the stage and returns to the rest of the Israeli delegation after a strong performance of "New Day Will Rise" at the Eurovision.

Will she advance to the grand final?

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Israel's Yuval Raphael puts on a solid performance at the Eurovision semifinal tonight - now it's all up to the voters!

Vote at https://t.co/Ru7y9DKClE for #14 -- if you're outside of Israel.

Photos: Corinne Cumming/EBU

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Tonight, Israel's Yuval Raphael will take to the Eurovision stage with her song, "New Day Will Rise," ready to perform in the face of boos and waving Palestinian flags.

I sat down with her before she left for Basel to discuss her unthinkable journey:

https://t.co/DwT2Gzskua

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Singers from 37 countries are descending on Basel for the annual Eurovision Song Contest this week, and for the second year running, Israel’s participation is threatening to overshadow the glitzy and campy affair. / @AmySpiro

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After 584 days in Hamas captivity, hostage Edan Alexander reunites with his family in Israel.

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President Isaac Herzog watched the release of Israeli-US hostage Edan Alexander on his phone in the final minutes of his meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin this afternoon.

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New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz greets Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the Chancellery in Berlin.

Herzog is the first foreign leader to be hosted by Merz, who was only sworn in last week.

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Herzog greeted by Steinmeier in Berlin with the playing of Hatikvah, the pair will hold a joint press conference after their meeting.

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The welcome for President Isaac Herzog at the Bellevue Schloss presidential palace in Berlin, a visit marking 60 years of diplomatic ties between Israel and Germany.