Opinion | How can the IDF protect freedom of religion – and freedom from religion?

Religious and secular soldiers are asserting competing claims to freedom. The Israeli military needs a framework that protects both, without forcing either side to live by the other's beliefsIn recent weeks, there have been several incidents in which male soldiers from the IDF's Givati Brigade refused to participate in an operational activity after learning that the paramedic assigned to the activity – as required, due to its level of danger – who would be riding with them in the armored personnel carrier was a woman.