
The list of torchbearers at the Independence Day ceremony is getting longer, and includes captive Eli Sharabi, basketball player Danny Avdiya, singers Zehava Ben and Micha Sheetrit, Rachel Edri of Ofakim - and also the young Hasbara activist Ben Carasso, aged 10, who will be the youngest torchbearer in the history of the country. These are the stories of the chosen torchbearers, and also - who refused to participate in this year's ceremony? Article by Amit Harari