It has been reported that the number of license applications for gun possession in Israel has exceeded 190 thousand since October 7. Israel’s Hebrew-language economic news site “Calcalist” wrote that “more than 190 thousand applications for gun licenses have been made to the Ministry of National Security since the start of the war on October 7.”
While it was noted in the news that the total license applications made in the first 10 months of 2023 were over 210 thousand, it was noted that this number was 42 thousand in 2022.
It has been noted that approximately 31 thousand licenses have been issued so far this year, and this number will be nearly 13 thousand in total in 2022.
It was reported that nearly 20 thousand gun license applications were made in 2021, and approximately 10 thousand of them were granted licenses.
The news also emphasized that Israeli arms companies “have difficulty keeping up with the demand and the entire production line has been working non-stop, even on weekends, for more than a month.”
BEN-GVIR’S ARMING CAMPAIGN OF THE SETTLERS
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, known for his racist and discriminatory rhetoric against Palestinians, launched a campaign to arm Jewish civilians and settlers following the attacks carried out by Hamas against Israel on October 7 and Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza for 38 days. He had accelerated.
Ben-Gvir, known for his Jewish supremacist politics, announced that they were arming tens of thousands of Israeli civilians.
Ben-Gvir, who stated that hundreds of thousands of personal gun license applications were received by the Firearms Branch Directorate in Israel, shared photos of the gun distribution events he organized in illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank on his social media accounts.
In these frames, Ben-Gvir was seen distributing weapons to Jewish settlers at tables and gun cases lined with a large number of US-made M16 type automatic rifles. (AA)
