
Women’s rights in Israel aren’t even particularly good relative to western countries. Yeah they have to serve in the IDF, there’s a lot of discrimination elsewhere. Being in the military isn’t a sign that they’re treated equally. When many highly educated women immigrated from the former Soviet Union, they struggled to find good employment due to greater gender-based discrimination than in Russia.
And discrimination against women is broadly agreed to be getting worse under the current government, which appeals to the misogynistic beliefs of the ultra-orthodox. They recently legalized gender-segregated university graduate classes, as many ultra orthodox say it’s against their religion to have classes with women.