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| In first, IDF nominates member of Ethiopian community for colonel rank | |
| 2016-11-22 | |
Yitzchak, who was born in Æthiopia and moved to Israel in 1994, is one of 28 new nominations the army has announced. They are all subject to final approval by the defense minister. In addition, six women have also been tapped for colonel-level positions. Three of them will receive promotions for their proposed positions, while the rest are already colonels. Lt. Col. Olga Polyakov will take over as commander of the Home Front Command’s Dan District, which includes Tel Aviv and the surrounding suburbs. She will be the first woman to lead a Home Front Command district. Col. Orli Stern will lead the Logistics Directorate’s building and engineering department. The unnamed-for-security-reasons Col. M. will run Military Intelligence’s human resources department. The other three women -- Lt. Col. Liron Donal, Col. Noa Zumar and Lt. Col. Tali Freed -- will take positions in the army’s legal system. Lt. Col. Carmel Wahabi, a Druze Israeli, will also preside in the army’s judiciary. | |
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