In 1983, an Israeli singer named Ofra Haza won second place in the Eurovision Song Contest with this performance:
The gist of the song is this:
Listen, brothers I'm still alive And my two eyes are still raised to the light Many are my thorns, But also my flowers And ahead of me are years too numerous to count
Unfortunately, the years were not numerous enough. Ofra died at age 42 in February 2000. But in the years she did have, Ofra made some great music with that effortlessly gorgeous voice. And she was always vocal about finding peace between factions and allowing individuals to be free.
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