I think I don’t like women in combat and for a lot of reasons. But doesn’t the Israeli Army have women in combat?
I don’t know.
No. Like the US, they have women assigned to appropriate jobs.
No their women do support roles but could be in a forward area. They are trained to fire weapons.
It is a common misperception that Israel allows women in combat units. In fact, women have been barred from combat in Israel since 1950, when a review of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War showed how harmful their presence could be. The study revealed that men tried to protect and assist women rather than continue their attack. As a result, they not only put their own lives in greater danger, but also jeopardized the survival of the entire unit. The study further revealed that unit morale was damaged when men saw women killed and maimed on the battlefield.
I believe the IDF is again placing women in combat positions but I don't have a reliable reference for that.
I think I don’t like women in combat and for a lot of reasons. But doesn’t the Israeli Army have women in combat?
I don’t know.
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It is complicated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Israel_Defense_Forces
Israel, like the Soviets and various partisan and resistance organizations in WWII, and some other odds and historically, have had their backs to the wall such that putting women in the line was a reluctant measure to hold the line at all.
There are the examples of Deborah and Jael in the Bible, but theirs is an object lesson to wimpy males.
A culture that puts its women in the line without dire necessity is sick, IMO, and unworthy of perpetuation.