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| After Jerusalem attacks, cabinet to discuss expediting gun licenses for civilians |
| 2023-01-29 |
| [IsraelTimes] Ministers also to reportedly deliberate series of other measures, including legislation to deport terrorists’ families and deploying additional forces to West Bank In the wake of the Jerusalem terror attacks, ministers were reportedly set to discuss a number of steps at a Saturday evening meeting of the high-level security cabinet, including expediting the issuing of firearms licenses for civilians and providing further funding for the purchase of guns. A terrorist killed seven people in an attack near a synagogue in Jerusalem’s Neve Ya’akov neighborhood on Friday evening. The shooter, a resident of East Jerusalem, was later killed in a shootout with officers while attempting to flee, according to police. In a second terror attack on Saturday morning, two men were seriously injured by a 13-year-old shooter near Jerusalem’s Old City. That shooting was brought to an end when two members of the group targeted by the attacker — one of them an Israel Defense Forces officer — returned fire. A senior political source told the Kan public broadcaster that the cabinet will consider speeding up the permitting process for Israelis who have already applied for gun licenses and insisted ministers were not currently looking to ease the criteria to receive a fireman. However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... the report said ministers will examine the current criteria to possess a pistol and look at a number of ways to make it easier to receive a gun license. Gun control in Israel is relatively strict, and firearm licenses are generally only granted to those who can show a need for extra security in their line of work or daily life. According to Hebrew-language media reports, ministers will also discuss the promotion of a law to allow the deportation of the families of terrorists. Netanyahu’s Likud party previously sought to advance such a measure in a previous government he led, though it was opposed by the then-attorney general, who said the expulsions would violate Israeli and international law. Ministers will reportedly deliberate permitting the immediate sealing of the homes of terror suspects as well as the arrest of their family members and associates. Police said Saturday morning that they had detained 42 relatives and associates of 21-year-old Alqam Khayri, the terrorist who killed seven in the Neve Ya’akov attack. Furthermore, ministers will hold a discussion on sending additional military reinforcements to the West Bank and the issuing of work permits for Paleostinians, reports said. With seven killed, the shooting in Jerusalem was the deadliest terror attack since 2011, when gunnies crossed into Israel from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing eight Israelis. It was the deadliest Paleostinian terror attack since 2008, when a gunman from East Jerusalem killed eight Israeli students at the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in the capital. Tensions were also high in Jerusalem and the Temple Mount on Friday, though Moslem prayers proceeded without issue. |
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