International Women’s Day In The Knesset: Up Was Down, Black Was White, Good Was Bad, Day Was Night

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What kind of a bizarro world do we live in when International Women’s Day is celebrated by the Israeli parliament by giving female Knesset members self-defense lessons?
Female MKs get self-defense lesson to celebrate 2008 International Women's Day
I am all for female empowerment but I have to wonder whether the legislative branch became so toothless that the message it wants to convey to the female citizens can be broken down to:

men are coming to harm you
the country cannot/would not defend you
better learn to scream ‘no!’ and prepare for a fight

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Israelity » In Self Defense 05 March 2008 at 12:42 pm

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