http://netwmd.com/blog/2007/03/04/1431 netWMD is dedicated to understanding, promoting, and protecting democracy. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:57:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 http://netwmd.com/blog/2007/03/04/1431#comment-81682 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:20:55 +0000 http://netwmd.com/blog/2007/03/04/1431#comment-81682 [...] Foolishly, but not surprisingly, the UN Commission on the Status of Women singled out Israel as the only country “found in violation of women’s rights” — while Arab/Muslim women are being whipped, murdered in honor killings, and beaten up for holding peaceful demonstrations. Israel’s Knesset (parliament) is democratically debating whether females, who already serve on the frontlines of defending the Jewish state, should be allowed to serve in “tank and infantry formations.” You go, (girls): …But things have changed, and now an army-appointed commission of academics and officers is studying whether to integrate the army’s last all-male preserve: infantry, armor and special forces. [...] […] Foolishly, but not surprisingly, the UN Commission on the Status of Women singled out Israel as the only country “found in violation of women’s rights” — while Arab/Muslim women are being whipped, murdered in honor killings, and beaten up for holding peaceful demonstrations. Israel’s Knesset (parliament) is democratically debating whether females, who already serve on the frontlines of defending the Jewish state, should be allowed to serve in “tank and infantry formations.” You go, (girls): …But things have changed, and now an army-appointed commission of academics and officers is studying whether to integrate the army’s last all-male preserve: infantry, armor and special forces. […]

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