Heads of leading hesder yeshivas say they pressured the IDF chief and head of personnel into a framework addressing the recruitment of female tank crew members, according to a single report. The exact terms of the arrangement have not been specified, and it remains unclear whether the deal bars women from the Armored Corps entirely or creates a separate integration track.
A single source reported Wednesday that heads of hesder yeshivas had "rushed to the Chief of Staff" and "bent" the head of the IDF Manpower Directorate, successfully "framing" the issue of recruiting female tank crew members ("shiryonariyot"). The exact terms of the arrangement reached were not disclosed by the source — it only described the outcome as "framing the recruitment of female tankers" without specifying whether women are excluded from the Armored Corps entirely or placed on a separate integration track within it. The report does not identify which Chief of Staff was involved (the channel text uses "ramatkal," not naming Herzi Halevi or Eyal Zamir), though recent background reporting by The Zioneer (June 10, relation: BACKGROUND) noted that then-Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir had moved a female integration pilot outside the Armored Corps amid protests from hesder leaders. At the time of this writing, the IDF has not officially commented on the new development. The account comes from a single, unverified source, placing the Zioneer Signal at Developing pending official confirmation or a more detailed military statement.
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