 Rwakasarudzwa kumiririra Israeri mushure mekuisa nzvimbo yekutanga mu1987 Kdam-Eurovision yekutanga, kwayakawana mapoinzi makumi manomwe nemapfumbamwe, ichikunda gumi nemashanu evamwe maartist eIsrael kusanganisira se1978 Eurovisionanokunda Izhar Cohen. Zvinosuruvarisa, panenge pakati pekuita kwekufanirwa, Kushnir akambotadza uye akakanganwa mamwe mazwi, asi akapora pakarepo. Uyu ndiwo waiva mutambo mukuru weEurovision kusvikira nhasi, wakapiwa naYardena Arazi naYoram Arbell musi waApril 1, 1987. 