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Women in Israel comprise 50.26 percent of the state's population as of 2019. [ 5 ] While Israel lacks an official constitution, the Israeli Declaration of Independence of 1948 states that “The State of Israel (…) will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex.”.
Feminism in Israel is a complex issue in contemporary Israeli society due to the varied demographic makeup of the country and the country's particular balance of religion and state issues. [1] For secular Israeli women, the successive campaigns for women's rights and equality reflect a similar timeline and progression as Western democracies.
Likud (2015–present) Other political. affiliations. Otzma Yehudit (2013–2015) Flora May Bedra-Golan (Hebrew: פלורה מאי בדרה-גולן; born 3 May 1986) [1] is an Israeli politician who serves as the Minister for Social Equality and as Minister for Women's Empowerment. [2] She was elected to the Knesset for Likud in the 2022 ...
A second wave of feminism came to Israel in the 1970s. During a time when women made up less than seven percent of the Knesset, in 1969, Golda Meir was appointed Israel's first female prime minister. [169] 1972 marks the creation of the first radical women's movement in Israel [169] and the beginning of second-wave feminism in Israel. During ...
Anat Hoffman (Hebrew: ענת הופמן; born April 2, 1954) is an Israeli activist and the former Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Center, also known as IRAC. She is the director and founding member of Nashot HaKotel, also known as Women of the Wall. Hoffman is a former member of the Jerusalem City Council.
92 Israeli and foreign women and girls were taken hostage and held in Gaza during the October 7 attack. The majority of Israeli women and all Israeli girls held hostage were released during the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas at the end of November 2023. As of May 2024, it is known that 9 female hostages died in captivity, while 12 ...
Amid friction with Israeli leadership, Vice President Kamala Harris sidestepped a question about whether she considers Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be a “real, close ally.” “I think ...
Jewish women of the Yishuv in training at Mishmar HaEmek during the 1947–1949 Palestine War. Before the formal establishment of Israel in 1948, women served in combat roles within the Jewish paramilitary groups of British Palestine that would later become the central component of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF); [6] the rate of women who were enlisted in combat organizations stood at 20 ...