"I hope it's not because of the color of the skin but really because it was good," Ehud Banai said after Eden Elena's win on "The Next Star" • Commented on the wave of faith music: "I don't feel obliged to flaunt my religiosity"

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Singer Ehud Banai hosted the "Star Dust" program with Ofer Weinstein, which will be broadcast tomorrow (Friday, 15:00) on the heart of the state radio. During the interview, Weinstein drew the attention of a builder, one of the leaders of the struggle against racism in Israel since the 1980s, released the song "Black Work", to the fact that Eden Elena is the first Israeli of Ethiopian origin to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest.

"It's not my musical world and the Eurovision I see from afar," admitted Banai, who did not watch the "Next Star" final. On Elena's win, he said: "I hope it's not because of the skin color but really because she was good."

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In this context, Weinstein spoke with a builder about the state of racism in Israel. "We haven't done much since 'black work'. You see the protests of Ethiopian immigrants and the police attitude. Unfortunately there is much to do," the singer claimed. "It is also towards the Ethiopian immigrants, it is also towards the Arab sector that lives within us and it is also between ourselves and ourselves - the polar and sometimes shocking left-right attitude, the inability to actually talk about things openly and say we have a disagreement but let's talk about it ... We are afraid Speak".

In addition, a builder, who is known as a traditional man and even repented in the early 2000s, was asked about his belief in the wave of religious music that was sweeping the radio stations. "I don't like being cried, it's a little too sweet at times," Banai admitted. "I think Judaism also deals with things that are abyss and questions and difficult things."

The builder added: "I try to keep my art and my lifestyle completely free of any attempt to influence this sense of repentance and reinforcement. You cannot repent if a person has no question, if you answer it. But as long as he does not ask. I don't feel it my duty to come and wave it ... I'm not trying to hide my religiosity but not turning it into a shit to dig into it. "

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