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An Israeli man carries a weapon as he walks through the market in Jerusalem, November 3, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israelis are fearing the storm. Palestinian citizens fear the calm that follows

After the genocide ends, Palestinians in Israel will have to live beside those who spent the past year cheering and participating in Gaza’s slaughter.

By Tamer Nafar August 22, 2024

Illustrative photo of Israelis taking a shooting class in a Jerusalem gun shop, October 15, 2015. A number of Israeli leaders have called on citizens to arm themselves in response to a wave of Palestinian stabbing attacks, and the owner of this shop reported an increase in demand for personal weapons. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

Senior official urges Israelis to carry more guns following Fatah-Hamas accord

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan has a unique response to the deal ending a decade of political, geographic and societal Palestinian divisions. The Israeli government’s response to the deal was among the tamest it has ever directed toward anything including the word Hamas, namely that Israel won’t conduct “diplomatic relations” with a Palestinian government including…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man October 19, 2017

Israelis attend a shooting practice in a gun shop in Jerusalem on October 15, 2015. Arms shop's owners report a rise in demand for weapons and other self defence gear as violence continues around Jerusalem. (Activestills.org)

Israel looks to alter gun policy, and women are most at risk

In response to the recent wave of violence Israel’s public security minister wants to put more guns in more (men’s) hands and in more homes. The only guaranteed result, however, is that more women will be killed inside their own homes. By Rela Mazali Israel’s gun policy is changing as you read this. The country’s…

By +972 Magazine January 13, 2016

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WATCH: Do Israeli schools really need armed guards?

Social TV takes to the streets of Israel and asks people whether they think guns in schools are really necessary.

By Social TV July 20, 2015

Handguns. (photo: Joshuashearn/CC BY-SA 3.0)

Getting guns off the kitchen table – locally and globally

How is it that Israel, a state with substantial arms exports, and which demands tight global scrutiny of the weapons purchased by its neighbors, has not signed a UN treaty to reduce violence against women and children? By Smadar Ben-Natan (translated from Hebrew by Ofer Neiman) The Knesset Committee for Advancement of the Status of Women…

By +972 Magazine April 4, 2014