Delegates attending the first countrywide conference of the women’s division of the Mizrachi Labor Party today heard the majority of speakers declare that the inclusion of women in the newly-passed government conscription law is “harmful to women’s psychology and morale and will lead to disturbances in family life.”
The majority of the speakers, however, voiced approval of mobilization of Israel women for agricultural training and settlement in farming colonies where, it was emphasized, they could also receive basic military training.
Most speakers at today’s session also urged Mizrachi laborite women not to join the world Mizrachi women’s organization, but to maintain their independence within the framework of the Hapoel Hamizrachi organization. The need for setting up homes for newly-arriving religious women in Israel to enable them to continue to adhere to their traditional religious life was also discussed.
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