Israel Accelerates Gun Ownership Process in Response to Terror Shooting at Synagogue

Israel Accelerates Gun Ownership Process in Response to Terror Shooting at Synagogue
Friends and family mourn married couple Eli Mizrahi and Natali Mizrahi who were killed on Jan. 27 in a shooting attack by a Palestinian gunman on the outskirts of Jerusalem, at their funeral in Beit Shemesh, Israel Jan. 29, 2023. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
Efthymis Oraiopoulos
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Israel will speed up applications for owning a gun in response to a shooting outside a synagogue on Jerusalem’s outskirts that claimed the lives of seven people on Friday.

The government’s Security Cabinet announced such measures on Saturday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to “strengthen” Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

Efthymis Oraiopoulos
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