From what I have read, the Israelis are not any better about this than New York or the other eastern states. You would think it otherwise, but no. I think this gets obscured by the pictures of the IDF gals and guys carrying their rifles off base/on leave (altho I notice there never seems to be a magazine in in the photo), and some places where there are armed school teachers and settlers after some nasty incidents. However, from what I can glean private citizens must get "may issue" permits, and these fairly rare.
Perhaps they can put Bloomberg in a Hamas tunnel and have him smother infiltrators with overwhelming amounts of hot air.
ETA: WRT my first point: Knesset tightens gun control with no opposition You would think they would know better, but still too much socialism in the political bloodstream, I guess. Sigh.