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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 641

self-defense

Volunteer security team members from the Gaza border hone their shooting skills at at an IDF range. (Magen Yehuda)
May 10, 2025, 8:13 am
IDF joins forces with NGO to turn community security teams into lean fighting machines
After Oct. 7 failures led to the killing of 48 civilian first responders, a grassroots org launches Magen 48 to professionally train security volunteers from 66 Gaza border communities
By Sue Surkes
Participants train in Krav Maga in Ma'ale Adumim, on June 26, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
July 20, 2024, 11:47 pm
Shaken by the Oct. 7 massacre, some Israelis turn to Krav Maga to learn self-defense
At Moshe Katz’s dojo in his basement in Ma’ale Adumim, men and women roleplay events from the Hamas onslaught to be better prepared for terrorist attack
By AFP
A Guardian Self Defense Krav Maga class in the basement of a Manhattan synagogue, May 21, 2024. (Luke Tress/ JTA)
July 8, 2024, 5:13 pm
NY Jews unnerved by antisemitism and unruly protests take to krav maga for self-defense
Enrollment at classes for the Israeli martial art has soared as a growing fear of violence post-Oct. 7 pushes students to train and seek community with others similarly threatened
By Luke Tress
Rivkah de Reus blocks her husband Ernst de Reus during self-defense training given by an instructor from Belgium at a Jewish conference near Amsterdam on June 3, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
June 7, 2024, 7:06 am
Best offense is good self-defense: Fighting antisemitism gets physical at Jewish confab
Emigration projections and gun permit discussions are at the center of an international event held in the Netherlands under the shadow of anti-Jewish violence
By Canaan Lidor
Shammai Engelmayer
February 23, 2018, 11:49 am
Shammai Engelmayer
Should synagogue-goers be armed?
Jewish law requires that we protect ourselves; to do so responsibly means strict and effective weapons-training
Yoni Leviatan
February 16, 2018, 3:04 pm
Yoni Leviatan
Gun control only goes so far
I trained in self-defense in Parkland, Florida, no less, and it changed my life
Participants engaging in target practice at Bullets & Bagels. (Courtesy)
May 26, 2017, 2:54 pm
Taking aim at stereotypes, this Jewish shooting club sets its sights on a good schmear
The LA-based Bullets & Bagels uses the right to bear arms to bring Jews of all stripes together for a nosh with a side of self defense
By Lisa Klug
Soldiers from the IDF's Golani Brigade seen during Krav Maga training at the Regavim Army base on April 19, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
August 14, 2016, 4:47 pm
After MP’s murder, UK lawmakers turn to Israeli martial art
British members of parliament study Krav Maga, learning how to disarm and then flee from potential attacker
By Raoul Wootliff
Soldiers from the IDF's Golani Brigade seen during Krav Maga training at the Regavim Army base on April 19, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
May 19, 2016, 2:38 pm
From the IDF to Hollywood: Krav Maga’s meteoric rise
The Israeli close-combat method shoulders its way into civilian life as the ultimate form of self-defense
By DAPHNE ROUSSEAU and SARA PUIG
Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll
March 11, 2016, 11:25 am
Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll
You can’t run from a stabber in heels
Armed with whatever they can reach and a fierce sense of humor, Israelis grapple with recent terror attacks
Jordanian Lina Khalifeh (R) teaches a self-defense class on February 15, 2016 in the Jordanian capital Amman.(AFP / KHALIL MAZRAAWI)
March 4, 2016, 1:14 pm
Jordan’s taekwondo star trains thousands of women to fight harassment
With self-defense classes at Amman center, Lina Khalifeh wants to empower women to protect themselves from attack
By Kamal Taha
Self-defense footage staged by Krav Maga black-belt Gili Ganani (via Facebook)
February 17, 2016, 10:46 pm
In security footage, young Israeli woman ‘beats up’ 3 men harassing her
Gili Ganani, 19, a black belt in Krav Maga, appears to be striking powerful blows for female self-defense; in fact, it’s all staged ‘to raise awareness’
By ToI Staff
Bahtya Minkin
November 23, 2015, 3:55 pm
Bahtya Minkin
Learning Krav Maga to fight terror
Training Israeli women to respond effectively to threats helps them kick their sense of helplessness
An employee at a gunsmiths and indoor shooting range in Tel Aviv shows pepper spray to a customer on October 13, 2015 (Jack Guez/AFP)
October 15, 2015, 7:02 am
From rolling pins to selfie sticks, Israelis get creative for protection
Pepper spray is best, says self-defense expert, followed by tactical batons. If they’re sold out — improvise
By Simona Weinglass
Illustrative photo of a katana-wielding person, taken June 8, 2010. (Flickr/Bruno Calmi/CC BY 2.0)
October 11, 2015, 3:57 am
Woman stops intruder with medieval skills
Karen Dolley, 43, learned to fight in the Society for Creative Anachronism, a group that recreates Middle Ages skills
By AP
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