It’s a common misconception that Israel sends women into combat alongside men or in all female units like the Soviets did in WWII. It does neither. Israel has barred women from combat since 1950.
“It’s a common misconception that Israel sends women into combat alongside men or in all female units like the Soviets did in WWII. It does neither. Israel has barred women from combat since 1950.”
What are you talking about?
In 2000, the Equality amendment to the Military Service law stated that “The right of women to serve in any role in the IDF is equal to the right of men.”
Women did start to enter combat support and light combat roles in a few areas, including the Artillery Corps, infantry units and armored divisions.
By 2006, the first female pilots and navigators graduated from the IAF training course, and several hundred women entered combat units. When the Second Lebanon War broke out, it was the first time since 1948 that women were in field operations alongside men. A combat option for women is the Caracal Battalion, which is a highly operational force that is made up of 70 percent female soldiers. The unit undergoes training like any combat infantry.
They were willing to try it, I understand, since their situation was so desperate, but they found that women weakened the overall strength of the combat forces, and when they were captured they were invariably raped and used as propaganda tools. Israel, unlike the U.S., is a nation that can't afford to maintain risky social experiments, particularly with warfare.
The idea of women in combat is a charade the equivalent of homosexual marriage or gender reassignment. No sane person with even a minimal knowledge of history or human nature would support it.
It’s a common misconception that Israel sends women into combat alongside men or in all female units like the Soviets did in WWII. It does neither. Israel has barred women from combat since 1950.
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I recall seeing a program on the MIL channel a year or two ago that showed that some of the best snipers in the Russian Army during WW II were women. They were deadly and racked up many kills of Germans!