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Religious women enlist in IDF combat roles, forming unique platoon
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT) The number of religious women wanting to enlist into combat units in the IDF has increased since the October 7 massacre and the start of the ensuing war.
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IDF to launch gender-specific combat unit for religious women
He told The Jerusalem Post: “For 26 years, Ohr Torah Stone’s Midreshet Lindenbaum has fully supported religious women in non-combat IDF roles, providing them with spiritual and halakhic ...
National Review9y
Stop Using Israel’s Example to Justify the Barbaric Practice of Drafting Women into Combat
When critics attempt to justify the Pentagon’s decision to open all combat jobs to women — or drafting women into those roles — by referring to the Israel Defense Forces, they’re betraying ...
National Review9y
Putting Women in Combat Is an Even Worse Idea Than You’d Think
Even so, for many of the reasons discussed, women no longer participate in front-line IDF combat units. While it is true that countries such as Israel and Russia in the past, and the Kurdish ...
The Jewish Chronicle1mon
Warrior women: How October 7 spurred a female IDF revolution
A soldier from the mixed-sex Caracal combat battalion prepares her rifle at a shooting range in Nitzana, Israel (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ...
Al-Monitor4y
IDF not in hurry to integrate women in elite combat units
Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs9d
Women’s leadership: Key to addressing Israel’s crises- opinion
There is a high demand for combat roles among women in the November-December 2023 draft (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) The past year has been one of the most challenging in Israel’s ...
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How does the Caracal battalion work, the combat unit of the Israeli army where women are in the majority
Women soldiers play an important role in the Israeli army, a fact that is particularly ... purpose of incorporating women in service into combat units and today two thirds of its members are ...