Israeli artist Noga Erez impresses during her Coachella set.

Israeli artist Noga Erez had some time over the weekend. Coachella A performance to express gratitude to fans IsraelContinuing conflict in the Middle East.

Erez delivered a 45-minute set. A sizable crowd gathered at the Gobi Stage at the California festival on Saturday.

At one point, she stopped to talk about what was going on at home. “I just want to tell you one thing: You don’t get to perform like this every day,” she said in a moving speech. “I come from a very, very, very complex part of this planet, and to make all of us do this was like a power I didn’t know I had.”

“I’m so, so grateful to be here,” she said as fans cheered. “And at the same time, I’m heartbroken and sad about what’s going on at home and around me. I love it. music It’s too much work, so that’s why I’m doing this. It’s about bringing strangers together and making them feel like a family united around something. “Thank you so much for giving me this as a gift.”

Erez’s emotions must have heightened during his performance at the California Major. music festival One of the major attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023 occurred during the Nova music festival. Hundreds of people were killed by Hamas militants at the festival.

Since that day, Israel has been involved in an ongoing multi-front war that has expanded into a broader crisis in the Middle East. In addition to the Gaza Strip, Israel has also intensified its military confrontations with Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, the West Bank, and Iran, which has also been involved in a military conflict with the United States in recent months.

Erez’s Coachella performance took place a month before the Eurovision Song Contest, which sparked controversy over Israel’s participation in the global music competition. Some countries and participants opposed Israel’s participation We participated in the competition due to the devastating war in Gaza.

Eurovision has implemented new rules. After the voting system Yuval Raphael from Israel A second-place finish late last year sparked allegations of insurrection and vote-rigging.