Thirteen additional Hesder yeshivas have joined the protest against the IDF's integration of women into armored units, signing on to a call to stop sending their students to the Armored Corps, according to the yeshivas' joint statement reported by Israel Hayom.
The protest among religious Zionist Hesder yeshivas against IDF gender integration is growing. As The Zioneer previously reported, 12 yeshivas had already halted recruitment to the Armored Corps over the inclusion of women in tank crews. The new batch of 13 additional yeshivas brings the total to 25 institutions publicly opposing the policy. The joint statement, reported by Israel Hayom, calls on the IDF to reconsider the integration of female soldiers into combat roles within the corps. The move underscores a widening rift between parts of the religious Zionist community and the military establishment over gender policy in front-line units.
2 developments
- DevelopingHesder yeshiva union disavows rabbi-led letter opposing women in armored corps
- DevelopingHeads of hesder yeshivas to hold protest conference demanding cancellation of women-in-armor pilot
- DevelopingHesder Yeshiva Union says in ongoing talks with IDF to enable halakha-compliant enlistment to Armored Corps
- DevelopingLiberal authorities forum condemns hesder yeshivas' armored corps boycott as harmful exclusion
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