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(IsraelNN.com) Rebbetzin Yehudit Shilat of Takana, a forum which fights sexual harassment, believes that no woman, religiously observant or not, should be required to enlist in the military. In an interview Thursday with Arutz Sheva, Shilat responded to a proposed Knesset law that would make it more difficult for young women to escape IDF service by claiming to be religiously observant.

Shilat expressed support for the proposed measures to ensure that all women who choose not to serve due to “religious reasons” are actually religious, and are not merely using religion as an excuse to evade national service altogether. The dishonest use of religion is a hillul Hashem – a desecration of G-d's name, she said.