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HaSheket SheNish'ar
"HaSheket SheNish'ar" (, lit. "The Silence that Remains") was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in English and Hebrew by Shiri Maimon. The song was written by Eyal Shahar, Pini Aharonbayev and Ben Green.
The Israeli pre-selection took place in Jerusalem in March 2005. Among 14 songs, Maimon's song "HaSheket SheNish'ar" was chosen by the television viewing audience via televoting, combined with 5 juries' voting. With 116 points, Maimon was
poor reception of that song changed both her mind and those of her production team.
As Belarus had not finished the previous Contest in the top 10, the song was performed in the semi-final, as eighth in the running order (following Israel's Shiri Maimon with Hasheket Shenish'ar and preceding the Netherlands' Glennis Grace with My Impossible Dream). Despite pre-contest popularity, it could only managed to garner 67 points by the end of voting to finish in 13th place and force Belarus to compete in the semi