{"id":2086366,"date":"2025-10-12T20:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T20:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2086366"},"modified":"2025-10-12T20:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T20:38:07","slug":"yuval-raphael-keren-peles-sing-new-day-will-rise-in-hostages-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/yuval-raphael-keren-peles-sing-new-day-will-rise-in-hostages-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuval Raphael, Keren Peles sing &#8216;New Day Will Rise&#8217; in Hostages Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Keren Peles and Yuval Raphael sang a new version of &#8220;New Day Will Rise&#8221; in Hostages Square on Saturday night, with lyrics that reflect the joy of the imminent release of the remaining hostages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Keren Peles, the composer of \u201cNew Day Will Rise,\u201d this year\u2019s Israeli <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/eurovision\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Eurovision;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Eurovision<\/a> song, and Yuval Raphael, who performed the song in the competition, sang a new version in Hostages Square on Saturday night, with lyrics that reflect the joy of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/israel-expects-gaza-hostage-releases-161104294.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the imminent release;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">the imminent release<\/a> of the remaining 48 hostages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Peles performed the song in Hebrew, while Raphael sang the English version, to a jubilant, cheering crowd. The original song can be seen as an anthem of renewal and love after the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/could-done-more-mda-paramedics-203102150.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:October 7 massacre;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">October 7 massacre<\/a>, which Raphael survived by hiding in a bomb shelter after she fled the Nova Music Festival.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">New timely edits<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Peles tweaked the lyrics so they more directly reference the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/20-living-israeli-hostages-set-181053233.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:hostages\u2019 return;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">hostages\u2019 return<\/a>. Among the new lyrics, Peles sang, \u201cAnd soon you will come back to me\/You will see the fear leave\/There were too many hard days\/But in the end there will be a happy end.\u201d At the end, she sang, \u201cAnd at night until sunrise\/Let me cry with you\/A great sun will rise above me\/Another breath and soon you will return to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At the end, Peles and Raphael sang the lines that were in Hebrew in the original, which are from Song of Songs: \u201cMany waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers sweep it away.\u201d Knowing that the audience knew all the words, Raphael held out her microphone, and the audience sang along.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>YUVAL RAPHAEL PERFORMS \u2018New Day Will Rise\u2019, during the final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, in May 2025. (credit: DENIS BALIBOUSE\/REUTERS)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Peles led the singing of the Israeli national anthem, \u201cHaTikva,\u201d at the end of the rally, standing with the hostages&#8217; families, for what all hoped would be the last Saturday night hostage rally.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Comedy in the Square<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On a lighter note, on Sunday, ahead of a new season of Eretz Nehederet, Israel\u2019s popular comedy show on Keshet 12, Omer Etzion, the actor who plays President Donald Trump on the show, strutted around dressed as Trump in Hostages Square. As crowds clapped and chanted, \u201cThank you, Trump!\u201d he said, \u201cI did it! I did it! No one thought it was possible, but I did it, anyway!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keren Peles and Yuval Raphael sang a new version of &#8220;New Day Will Rise&#8221; in Hostages Square on Saturday night, with lyrics that reflect the joy of the imminent release of the remaining hostages. 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