There have been many articles written about the fierce opposition of Dati Leumi Rabbanim to the integration of female soldiers into tank units, but less focus has been placed on the fact that many military officials are also opposed to it for operational and security reasons.

Nonetheless, Israel’s Supreme Court intervened in the matter this week, and, ignoring security considerations, issued a ruling forcing the IDF to integrate female combat soldiers into tank units as early as this coming November.

In the unanimous ruling, the justices stated that the IDF has a legal obligation to ensure equal opportunities between men and women in combat role assignments. They ruled that the starting point is full equality and that the burden of proof of proving that women cannot serve in a particular role lies with the army.

In addition to the Court’s demand imposing operational difficulties on the IDF at a time of war, it also penalized public funds, ordering the state to pay 40,000 shekels in legal expenses to the petitioners.

Following the ruling, Likud MK Tally Gotliv stated, “The Supreme Court is destroying the army! Destroying it! The Court specializes in cheap populism, relying on the public’s lack of knowledge of existing law. A law was already passed in the 1950s mandating full equality between men and women, and clarifying that the law applies to security roles unless the nature of the role prevents it. Balanced, right? Correct.”

“There are female pilots, female combat soldiers, females everywhere—and the army is making efforts to adapt combat roles for women. Yet the Supreme Court ruling, celebrated by the unhinged progressives, was written as if it invented the wheel, babbling that the burden lies on the army to prove that women cannot be integrated into a role. They must be bored at the Supreme Court—there is no other explanation for this absurd and unnecessary ruling.”

Col. (res.) Prof. Gabi Siboni said: “Maybe we should put them on the Olympic Committee as well, and let them decide that the Olympics must demonstrate equality without separation? We should do everything to maximize potential, not to force equality, because in the end, we are dealing with different sexes.”

Noam chairman Avi Maoz said: “When the IDF Chief of Staff orders the removal of a video supporting reservists’ wives on the home front, he shows that he’s subject to radical feminist agendas—and that invites rulings like this from Supreme Court justices, who are willing to harm security and the health of female soldiers for those delusional agendas. Defense Minister Katz and Prime Minister Netanyahu—this is happening on your watch. Don’t hide behind the Supreme Court.”

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)