12 hesder yeshivas halt recruitment to armored corps over gender integration

A dozen religious Zionist Hesder yeshivas have announced they will stop sending their students to enlist in the IDF Armored Corps, in protest of the military's ongoing integration of women into tank crews, according to the yeshivas' joint statement.

2 developments

1. 13:08 · 11 JunLatest

   Total signatories reach 25 including yeshivas from Ma'ale Efraim, Afula, and Safed.

2. 12:54 · 11 Jun

   Thirteen yeshivas now join the call to halt armored corps recruitment.

• Developing08:24 · 12 JunHesder yeshiva union disavows rabbi-led letter opposing women in armored corps
• Developing21:08 · 5 JulHeads of hesder yeshivas to hold protest conference demanding cancellation of women-in-armor pilot
• Developing12:56 · 12 JunHesder Yeshiva Union says in ongoing talks with IDF to enable halakha-compliant enlistment to Armored Corps
• Developing12:30 · 10 JunLiberal authorities forum condemns hesder yeshivas' armored corps boycott as harmful exclusion

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