[IsraelTimes] National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir confirmed on Monday that more than 260,000 new requests for firearm permits have been submitted to his ministry since Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel.
3,000 approvals per day, up 30x what went before? He is turning Israel into Switzerland. The next time someone tries a blitzkrieg or a third intifada, they’ll face a gun behind every tree and blade of grass — and contrary to the Koran, none will call, “There is a Jew behind me, O Muslim, come and kill him!” The requests are in line with Ben Gvir’s successful push to expand eligibility requirements for a firearm license, which his ministry said has increased the potential permit pool by "tens of thousands."
The update comes as Ben Gvir’s National Security Ministry stands in the crosshairs of public scrutiny. On Sunday, the head of the ministry’s firearms permit body resigned his position in the wake of questions over the department’s conduct, and November 30 saw an armed civilian rubbed out by an off-duty soldier, when the former interceded in a deadly terror attack and the soldier seemingly disobeyed open fire procedures, all during Ben Gvir’s incessant calls to slacken rules of engagement. The soldier is being investigated and was arrested Monday.
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