Israel is encouraging women to take more prominent roles in the Arab world, according to the former head of its intelligence service, Mossad.Speaking to the University of Western Australia’s Institute for Advanced Studies this month, Ephraim Halevy said for a besieged nation like Israel it was important to look to and assess an array of issues that, on first inspection, were unlikely to appear to be of strategic relevance.He highlighted the question of the role of women in Islamic societies, and…
