The Israel numbers seem off - they have a large issue getting votes right now, as evidenced by this semifinal when they (subjectively) had one of the top three songs but didn't make it to the finals.
There may be a big change in public opinion, but I don't remember Israel being popular in Europe for at least the last few years...
(From one of the very few Americans to actually know about Eurovision, much less watch it.)
Israel's numbers are actually fairly middle-of-the-road. They don't have any habitual points donors (except maybe France), but they've only failed to qualify three times (four if you include last night). They made the top ten in both 2005 and 2008, and they won in 1998.
I think you may just have a different opinion of what makes a good song than the voters of Europe.
There may be a big change in public opinion, but I don't remember Israel being popular in Europe for at least the last few years...
(From one of the very few Americans to actually know about Eurovision, much less watch it.)