Haaretz Staff and Channel 10 : New program to allow mentally challenged to enlist in the IDF
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Title:IDF-female soldiers mostly serve in offices handling paper-work
Name:AliciaYasmeen
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and are not sent to war-zones. They do however learn to handle weapons too just like men.
I think this is OK, since wars have taught mankind that invading enemy-soldiers rape women
the first thing, when they enter. Therefore it is good for women to know how to defend themselves, their children, if need be, when their men are not there to protect them.