It’s very painful to read the attitude of what is clearly a majority of Israelis regarding self-defense following the October 7 massacre. Forget the Holocaust. They clearly forgot that lesson long ago. What is so clearly understood by Americans.
Of interest is the last paragraph: “Last No
vember, the United States reportedly delayed a shipment of 4,500 M-16 rifles due to concerns that Ben Gvir would use them to arm settlers in the West Bank and was inappropriately distributing the weapons at political events.” Biden had no issues sending hundreds of thousands of firearms to Ukraine with no accountability where these guns would end up. This image, which has since disappeared, depicting a young Ukrainian girl with a lollipop and a rifle went viral with pride.
Minister asserts women were raped and murdered on October 7 ‘because there were not enough weapons,’ saying his office has given out permits to tens of thousands of women
Putting more weapons on the streets has made Israel safer, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir declared on Monday, celebrating the fact that his office has approved 100,000 gun licenses since October 7.
“This week, we reached a milestone at the National Security Ministry: The 100,000th citizen received their firearms license,” said Ben Gvir, standing in front of a poster with an image of a handgun and the slogan “100K Israelis armed,” ahead of his far-right Otzma Yehudit party’s weekly faction meeting in the Knesset.
“In fact, out of 299,354 applications submitted since the war…more than 100,000 citizens have already been approved to arm themselves, because weapons save lives,” he said.
By Sam Sokol
