The Israeli army plays a central role in cultural homogenization, educational development, ethnic integration, learning Hebrew and the values of the nation. Ilaria Simonetti Researcher at the Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale (LAS) of the EHESS reminds us that one of the missions of the IDF, apart from defending its territory, is “to ensure an educational and socializing role for young recruits. Researcher at the Laboratory … Continue reading”, organization, the military accentuates the existing dichotomy between women and men and conveys it. However, as an “extremely gendered Sasson-Levy Orna, Lomsky-Feder Edna, « Genre et violence dans les paroles de soldates : le cas d’Israël », Critique internationale, 2013/3 (N° 60), p. One might have thought that the compulsory conscription of women would help to change a traditional perception of gender role assignment. Indeed, women and men do not experience their military service in the same way, nor do they derive the same benefits from it. Simonetti Ilaria, « Le service militaire et la condition des femmes en Israël », Bulletin du Centre de recherche français à Jé rusalem, 2006, published online on 6th of March 2012.” Military service is seen as a passage to adulthood in the Israeli society, a kind of “institutional rite which sanctions and consecrates gender differences. Women can be exempted from service in case of marriage, pregnancy or religious convictions. of military service differs by gender, it is as much a norm for women as it is for men. Although the duration 2 years and 8 months for men versus 2 years for women. The persistence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict favours the centrality of an institution like the army. It was created in May 1948 following the creation of the Hebrew state. The body of the Israeli Defence Army or IDF, includes the infantry, the air force and the navy.
The army, a breeding ground for the entrenchment of a male-female dichotomy 125-153.” may shed some light on the reality, issues and consequences of this integration. Genre : Une catégorie utile d’analyse historique. Studying the Israeli military institution through the gender lens, where the concept of gender is conceptualised as “a primary way of signifying power relations Definition by Joan W. However, the Western view of women’s place in the IDF is relatively far from what is analyzed as “exclusionary inclusion Term used by the Chief of Staff’s advisor on women’s issues: Sasson-Levy Orna, Lomsky-Feder Edna, « Genre et violence dans les paroles de soldates : le cas d’Israël », … Continue reading”. Since then, the number of women in the service has grown steadily, from 435 in 2005 to 2,656 in 2017 Rouach Déborah, « L’instrumentalisation du genre dans le conflit israélo-palestinien (2000-2020) », under the supervision of Marie Cécile Naves, Iris Sup’, 2020. Two years after the establishment of the Hebrew state in 1947, the Defense Service Law of 1949 made military service mandatory for women. In both Israeli and foreign media, the Israeli army is portrayed as a progressive entity in which women have long had their place. Temps de lecture : 10 minutes What is the reality for the integration of women in the Israeli army?