"To allow for broad representation": Government increases number of beacon lighters

The government approved Miri Regev's proposal in which each torch on the upcoming Independence Day will be carried by up to three people. • The explanatory notes state that following the massacre, "women and people from all walks of life rose up and worked to create bridges of hope." • The conclusion states: "The proposal comes from a desire to give appropriate expression to the wide variety of activities being carried out in Israeli public life…