General: Women should sing on any stage

[oberliner]

Most senior female officer in IDF rushes to defend women's rights: Major-General Orna Barbivai, head of the IDF Personnel Directorate, said Tuesday that "women should sing on any stage and in any every ceremony."

Speaking at a subcommittee of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Barbivai explained that her stance stemmed "from a respectable and equal perception".

She stressed that "the commander is the one who determines his unit's reality and uses discretion in cases of specific sensitivity."

The first woman to be made a major-general, the Israeli army's second-highest rank, has been appointed to head a committee tasked with examining all aspects of joint service.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4151650,00.html

[aranthus]

1. Not if they're Roseanne.

Seriously though, this should not even be an issue. The IDF was one of the pioneers in bringing women into the service. To back away from that now would abandon all of that history. That and it's just the right thing to do.