As last week's parsha Bamidbar repeatedly stated "every
male from 20 years and upwards, all those eligible for the army..." ie the idea of females in the Jewish army is an anathema, as much as is the idea of exemption from the Jewish army for "Torah study".
All Haredi Jewish males in Israel should be obliged to serve one year in Zahal Nachal Charedi units -
no exceptions. Not necessarily in combat units - men generally make superior military clerks, nurses, telephonists, technicians, communications staff, intelligence staff, secretaries, bursars etc to women. And there are
plenty of Haredi men available and willing to fill these roles.
All Chilloni Jewish males in Israel should be obliged to study one year in a Yeshiva geared for their level -
no exceptions.Only then will we have an Am Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael worthy of the the name
Yisrael!
If it had been a field-serving "Gilanit Shalit" kidnapped to Gaza instead of a "Gilad Shalit", the Medinas Yisroel would have by now torn itself apart and literally ceded and handed over killer terrorists to get her back!
In Israel the kidnapping of female soldiers is a major fear - the radios constantly broadcast the warning:
chayalot - al taali al trampim - "girl soldiers - don't accept car lifts"! If it had been a girl "Naamah Waxman" kidnapped and killed in 1994 instead of Nachshon Waxman, the Israelis would have surrendered in an orgy of self-flagellation.
The
dream of Arab terrorists is to kidnap an Israeli female soldier, and it's a miracle it hasn't happened yet.