27.05.2011                      23.Ijar, 5771                      Tag 38 des Omer

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IDF makes history naming first-ever female major-general

Defense Minister Barak approves appointment of Brig.-Gen. Orna Barbivai; Livni: "There is no rank that is too heavy for a woman’s shoulders."

Brig.-Gen. Orna Barbivai, deputy head of the army’s Human Resources Directorate, will make history in a few weeks when she becomes the IDF’s first-ever female major-general.
Barbivai, 49, and a mother of three, will replace current head of the directorate Maj.- Gen. Avi Zamir, who is retiring….