“Teacher, Tiller, Soldier, Spy”? women's representations in Israeli military memorials

They dot the landscape almost wherever one looks. One finds them at roadsides, in the middle of barren fields, inside public parks, at crossroads, and even under densely foliated overgrowth. They are almost always stark in color and texture, tending towards black, white or gray; on a rare occasion they express themselves in unusual bursts of color, usually variations of metallic blue, brick-red or silver. Ranging in height from ground-level slabs to towering obelisks they may include abstract or figurative images. There is no exact count