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January 12, 2026

Weapons Smuggling Enables Crime and Terror in Israel’s Borders

Time for Jerusalem to act.

Israel currently faces an even graver law-and-order problem, involving the proliferation of illegal firearms, which have contributed to a crime wave in some Arab-majority areas. Many more of these weapons have ended up in the hands of terrorists. In a recent raid in the Negev, police seized four rifles and two handguns, as well as hand grenades and stun grenades. David M. Weinberg comments on the larger threat:

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