Erella Shadmi

Erella Shadmi (Hebrew: אראלה שדמי) is an Israeli sociologist and peace activist.

[1] Despite her activism giving her a critical attitude towards the Israel Police, she decided to join in 1970 and rose to the position of colonel.

[1][2] In an interview with Al-Monitor, she criticised the sexual inequalities she experienced and credited two commissioners (Herzl Shafir and Shaul Rosolio) for their respect of women.

[1] She also commented in a book chapter that the police force could tolerate her pregnancy but not her lesbianism.

[2] After two decades in the police, Shadmi left and became a sociologist heading the Women and Gender Studies department at Beit Berl College.