Granting permits to carry weapons to settlers in just 20 seconds

According to the Fars News Agency International Group, the newspaper “The New York Times” reported that more than 250,000 Israelis applied for a permit to carry weapons from October 7 onwards (when the Al-Aqsa storm operation began)

The New York Times, on Friday, quoted Tomer Lotan, the former director general of the Ministry of Internal Security of the Zionist regime, wrote that the Israeli cabinet issued 13,000 weapons permits in 2022; But this year, 23,000 permits to carry weapons have been issued until October 7th.

Lutan adds that after the Al-Aqsa storm operation (October 15th), with 26,000 new permits to carry weapons in less It has been agreed since 8 weeks and another 44,000 Israelis have also received “conditional approval”.

Lutan warned that Tel Aviv will pay “heavy compensation” after the distribution of special weapons, and the occupied territories will witness Shootings, suicides, increasing conflicts will be daily.

Weapons permit in 20 seconds

Tomer Lotan points out that the conversation with the relevant official to obtain a weapon license before the war was done personally and it took 20 minutes, and often 20-30% of requests were rejected.

However, according to him, after the war, the process of granting a license to carry weapons in the occupied territories has been accelerated. The New York Times, quoting Zefika Aran, one of the settlers, writes that she received a permit to carry weapons after only a 20-second conversation.

Al Jazeera network about He writes that many images have been published in social networks and media over the past weeks, which show Israeli settlers of different ages carrying weapons in the streets while doing their daily activities.

According to Al Jazeera report, Palestinians living in the West Bank say that they are worried about the spread of more weapons among the extremist settlers in the situation where their violent actions against Palestinians have intensified, especially after the Al-Aqsa storm operation.

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