“One of the well-known failures of the Israeli military in the Gaza border communities was insisting that all rifles held by the local security volunteers be kept in a single weapons armory. We must have local volunteers in place ready to respond,” he says decisively. Ramot was one of the first Jerusalem neighborhoods to set up an emergency security team—on October 13, 2023. The Ramot Community Administration, the Jerusalem Municipality and the police approved the group, but its scope was limited. “Another attempt at bolstering security involved organizing a group of local IDF veterans that Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir put together with the Israel Police.