Palmah woman, ca. 1948

A young woman sits with a rifle across her lap and looking through binoculars.

Shula Sadlovsky of the Palmah's Yiftah brigade holds a rifle in her lap while looking through a pair of binoculars, ca. 1948. This image typifies the mythical "Palmah woman" that pervades Israeli military history. 

Source: Palmach Photo Gallery The Palmach Photo Gallery, from PikiWiki.

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1948

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Palmah woman, ca. 1948." (Viewed on September 29, 2023) <https://jwa.org/media/palmah-woman-ca-1948>.

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