Their hit song " Sameach " ( Hebrew for " Happy " ) was admitted to the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest . At the close of voting the song had received 7 points , placing 22nd in a field of 24 . The song lyrics mentioned a friend from Damascus who dates an Israeli girl . The band was sanctioned by the Israel Broadcasting Authority after waving the flag of Syria during the rehearsal and the video-clip of the song . They refused to back down for the performance in the final and pulled the flag out live , Ehud Barak was negotiating at the time . They also visited a Syrian community center in Stockholm , where the Eurovision was held . The song was covered by the band Beer7 , a punk band which the vocalist is Roey 's younger sister
2000 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2000
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