Some Israelis have decried the inclusion of Shapiro, one of the most prominent conservative pundits in the United States.

Captivity survivor Emily Damari responds to the announcement that she will light a torch at the Independence Day opening ...

Ben Shapiro will light a torch at Israel’s Independence Day ceremony, alongside freed hostage Emily Damari and Olympic ...

Olympic medalist Oren Smadja, the officer who rescued citizens on October 7, and the Gazan captivity survivor Emily Damari ...

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Other honourees named on Sunday and Monday include British-Israeli Emily Damari, who survived 471 in Hamas captivity, and ...

Elisha Medan, who was seriously wounded in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war, has been chosen as one of the torchbearers for ...

Yardena Arazi, lamenting wartime division, says she won't join 'Rachel from Ofakim,' Deni Avdija, and 10-year-old Israel ...

Transportation Minister Miri Regev announced on Sunday that she has chosen Oren Smadja to be one of the torchbearers at the Independence Day ceremony on Mount Herzl.Smadja, a former judoka and coach ...