Ehud Shabtai and Iron Dome developer Danny Gold will be among the 14 groundbreaking Israelis lighting the torches.
14 Israelis who have recorded groundbreaking achievements will light Independence Day torches at the ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem next month. Minister of Culture and Sport Limor Livnat today announced the list of Israelis who will light the torches.
The list includes: Waze CTO Ehud Shabtai; Iron Dome developer Danny Gold; supermarket magnate Rami Levy; Or Assulin, a 17-year old student from Akko who is CEO of a youn entrepreneurs development company; Lucy Aharish, an Israeli Muslim journalist; Alice Miller who successfully appealed to the High Court of Justice to let women try for the IDF pilot's course; Prof. Marta Weinstok-Rosin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who developed the drug Exelon for treating Alzheimer's, and Rafi Mehudar who invented drip irrigation.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on March 8, 2015
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Ehud Shabtai