Yom Kippur War hero Avigdor Kahalani was confronted about his past comments criticizing the role of women in the Israeli military.
Two women to enter elite air force unit 669 training.
In a hotel used by Hamas as a headquarters, the mixed unit assisted an IDF commando unit in breaking through certain structures to facilitate the commandos' fluid movements.
Soldiers in the IDF, male or female, who lose their life while enlisted are taken care of by the army’s hevra kadisha and have the right to be buried in an army cemetery.
Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif warned that "if the State of Israel wishes to maintain its alliance with the Druze community - it must set the record straight."
The program will begin based on whether there are enough female recruits who meet the rigorous criteria.
Recent protests have seen members of Israel's reserves refuse to serve, this endangers the unity of our Nation.
The riots were held by ultra-Orthodox Israelis in response to a variety of municipal and national policies.
The IDF’s view is that it wants to keep itself out of politics and does not want to get involved in responding to public letter campaigns.
The petitioners argued that women were able to meet the demands of a wide variety of heavy infantry and special units and the law demanded that women be admitted.
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