Tag: Firearms
Ben-Gvir: 260,000 Israelis applied for gun permits since Oct. 7
More than 260,000 Israelis have applied for gun permits in the past six weeks, according to Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Speaking on Monday at a faction meeting of his Otzma Yehudit Party, Ben-Gvir...
Ben-Gvir orders police to prepare for widespread Arab rioting
Amid fighting on Israel's southern and northern borders, as well as ongoing attempts to open a front in Judea and Samaria, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday said his ministry was preparing for...
88% rise in gun permits issued to Israeli women
The number of Israeli women with permits to carry a firearm has jumped 88% over the last seven months, according to numbers released on Sunday by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Forty-four percent of...
Israeli firearm permit applications hit record high
Amid a wave of deadly terrorist attacks across the country, the number of Israeli civilians applying for firearm permits reached an all-time high this week, according to sources in Israel’s Public Security Ministry.
Last week,...
Israel’s (personal) arms race
In May, when tensions in Israel’s mixed cities erupted with unprecedented force during “Operation Guardian of the Walls,” Tamar, a resident of Gush Etzion in Samaria, felt—like many other Israelis nationwide—that she had been...