Lived there for years. Every Israeli supermarket had an armed guard, with untold thousands of Israelis openly carrying their weapons.
It’s true and false. Bluntly, it’s easy to get a weapon in Israel if you are a veteran/reservist. In fact, it’s government-supplied.
Not sure where they got the “one weapon” nonsense. I have a rifle (a select fire M4) and a 9MM Beretta. I am also in the reserves. Different rules apply in the outskirts of Judea/Samaria. There, shotguns are common for housewives.
The rules are in place, of course, because while 99% of Israeli Arabs are fantastic people — 1% of 20% is a lot of violent jihadi assholes.
They don’t serve in the IDF. Ergo, they don’t get a weapon.
It’s simply a different system. Yes, tightly controlled. But everyone that should have a weapon gets one.
Including school teachers.
Does Israel have a Second Amendment? If not, any comparison between the Israeli legal structure around firearms and America’s is specious.