CASE STUDY, SMALL ARMS AND COMMUNITY SECURITY PERCEPTIONS, NORTH GAZA

This report aims to define the tendencies and perceptions towards small arms misuse and proliferation of the Palestinian society in North Gaza, as a necessary introduction to perform a more thorough and profound study of this phenomenon.
Focus group participants (community members) proposed possible solutions capable of limiting and eliminating the proliferation and misuse of the small arms and light weapons whose impact has come to pose a serious threat to stability on occupied Palestinian territories, particularly after the Israeli redeployment from the Gaza Strip.