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Israelis undergo sea change on need for personal firearms
David Isaac
October 29, 2023

The Hamas rampage against unarmed civilians revealed to Israelis just how exposed they are to attack once the country’s first line of defense is breached. It has awakened a once indifferent public to the need to take up arms. Demand has been such that a Knesset command center was set up to handle the flood of applications last Tuesday. “There are now over 120,000 requests for the Firearms Division”… Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a national address on Wednesday, “We’re encouraging citizens, and helping citizens, to arm themselves with personal weapons for defense.” READ MORE

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