Ezer Weizman Quotes


Have you ever seen a man darning socks? So therefore a woman cannot be a combat pilot.


Context

This quotation has become very well-known, The Israel military was the first Industrial democracies to allow women in combat. It is also the only one which drafts women into the military. Such sexism is very typical of a minority of the Israeli population which favors the traditional Orthodox role of females in society, but the vast majority is very liberal and modern regarding women, and the Supreme Court has generally upheld women’s equality except where there are conflicts with Orthodox religious institutions.


Citations

Ezer Weizman, President of Israel, Minister Defense, General & Commander of the Israeli Air Force, Comment to Alice Miller, a soldier who successfully petitioned the High Court to force the Israeli Air Force to open its pilots' course to women, 1994

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He had subsequently changed his mind and when Secretary of the Navy he opened many operational billets to women. And he publicly stated that he was comfortable with women leading men in combat.


Ezer Weizman
Ezer Weizman
  • Born: June 15, 1924
  • Died: April 24, 2005
  • Nationality: Israeli
  • Profession: United Kingdom

Ezer Weizman listen (help·info) was the seventh President of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli Air Force and Minister of Defense.