 Complete the following phrase:  Israels first appearance at the contest in 1973 was successful, with Ilanit finishing fourth. Israel then achieved victories in 1978 and 1979, with wins for Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, with the song A-Ba-Ni-Bi, and Milk and Honey, with Hallelujah. In , the IBA declined to host the contest for the second successive year for ficial reasons, and as the date for the contest in The Hague conflicted with Yom Hazikaron  Israeli Memorial Day  Israel did not participate. This is the only time that the winning country did not compete the following year. The countrys best results in the 1980s were the second-place finishes for Avi Toledano in 1982 and Ofra Haza in 