Yardena Arazi and Boaz Sharabi refused to light a torch at the Independence Day ceremony - Walla Culture
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Arazi backed down after initially agreeing, with Rabi citing scheduling constraints. Minister Miri Regev, who is in charge of the torch-lighting ceremony for the 77th anniversary of the State of Israel, has already begun publishing the names.
"The torchlight ceremony is national, but the period is not national," explained Yardena Arazi. Boaz Sharabi also refused to light a torch because he had committed to performing on Independence Day.
Veteran singer Yardena Arazi decided to forgo the honor of lighting a torch at the Independence Day ceremony, after feeling that the current period was not appropriate for the state nature of the event. The post Yardena Arazi refused to light a torch on Independence Day: "A non-state period" appeared first on srugim.
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