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Israel's entry, Yuval Raphael, received 297 points from the public, the highest in the 2025 competition. This caused intense scrutiny due to geopolitical tensions and calls for a boycott. However, no evidence of illicit "cheating" was found by the European Broadcasting Union regarding Israel's 2025 Eurovision televoting performance. Before Israel's win in the televote at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, they also placed second in the televoting at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö. I don't know if they cheated or not. It looks like the people who voted really liked the Israeli songs and performances. In 2026 Israel sent another hit, mostly in the French language. That might also give them some points in the televoting.