Milk and Honey (group) Milk and Honey (group) Milk and Honey ( "Khalav U'Dvash") was an Israeli singing group consisting of Re'uven Gvirtz, Shmulik Bilu and Yehuda Tamir. The group performed with Gali Atari at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, where they won with the song "Hallelujah". Their track peaked in the UK Singles Chart at #5 in April 1979. They made two further attempts to represent Israel in the contest. In 1981 they sang the song "Serenada" which came fourth in the national final. 1989 saw them slip to eighth place with Ani Ma'amin. On both occasions, the group were joined by the
The Land of Rape and Honey local economy being based on the agricultural products rapeseed and honey. The band chose the name after seeing the slogan on a souvenir mug. The track "Stigmata" is featured in Richard Stanley's 1990 science fiction thriller "Hardware", although the band shown performing the track is actually Gwar. In his autobiography, Jourgensen said that "Stigmata" is his least favorite song in the Ministry catalogue for its simplistic songwriting. The song does not have any actual guitars on it; the two chord riff, altered with a pitch shifter, was sampled. He wrote "Stigmata" at the last minute after realizing he needed another