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| By: israelinsider staff |
| Published: March 8, 2007 |
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The IDF is currently working on integrating more women into the army through legislation limiting the number army-age girls receiving exemptions from service, a high-ranking female officer told the Jerusalem Post Wednesday.
According to the Jerusalem Post, "Annually, 42 percent of Israeli women at age to serve in the IDF ask for and receive exemptions from the military on the claim that they are religious and cannot serve in a masculine military environment."
"We are working on changes to legislation that will put an end to this phenomenon and lower the number. The changes to the law will make it more difficult to get an exemption with the religious claim," stated the officer.
Currently, the IDF consists of only 30% women, with only 1,000 to 1,500 serving as combat soldiers, three as brigadier generals and 20 as colonels, said the officer.
According to the officer, the IDF is also trying to create more opportunities for woman to advance in rank. |
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