Miller's Case: Alice Miller V. Minister Of Defense

Alice Miller Case:
Alice Miller asked the IDF air force branch to train her to be a military pilot. However, the military argued that it would be futile to train her as a pilot---based on a policy that prohibited the training of women as pilots—the army used the rule of the gender military age limit to enforce their argument and impose their decision. During that era, the law stated that it is mandatory for men to serve until the age of 54 when in fact women are only compelled to serve until the age of 34—and are absolved in case of pregnancy or if they have children. The military argued that the investment and time to train for women pilots is very complex and uncertain, there is a high chance that after the woman finishes with the training,
The court went in favor of the majority and held the IDF accountable and guilty (Miller v. Minister of Defence 1995). Alice Miller was able to take courses, but unfortunately, she couldn’t get into aviation because she failed the exam (Barak-Erez 2007). This case was important because it opened the doors for the equality debate that resulted into the year 2000 with an amendment in favor of equality---giving equal opportunities and making women able to postulate in any volunteer role inside the IDF. It is regrettable that this issue had to go to the court. Even though Alice Miller won the case, it should not have gone that far, especially when it is years after Yael Rom, the first female pilot in the air force. She did a tremendous job and earned honorable medals---yet she still came behind a man in the elections of her party. During its independence in 1948, the state of Israel had vowed that it would protect its citizens and promote equality and for all citizens regardless of religion, race or gender. Alice Miller v. the Minister of defense shows that the state of Israel hasn’t owned up to its promises with women, for women to have to go to court just so that they can have the equal opportunity, it shows that there is an issue (Halperin-Kaddari,
Today there is a lot of issues with religion; it is impacting to the IDF with on the one hand Zionist who want one Judaism religion, on the other hand, there are the non-Zionist rabbis who think that Zionism is vulnerable. Ultra-Orthodox’s values go against those of the IDF, and they do not want their young adults to join the military. The ultra-orthodox are recognized by their black suits and women wear long skirts with a wig their beliefs goes against the nationalist views. Since these religions are extreme they want segregation from women since the influence is really high from the religious group there have been laws in the IDF where there is a separation between men and