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Israel has a compulsory-to-carry ID card, with biometric cards since 2013. The Bank of Israel aims to finish its digital shekel plan and a recommendation by the end of 2026. Israel abstained on the WHO Pandemic Agreement in May 2025.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Israel
- Program
- Teudat Zehut (biometric ID card)
- Status
- Available, partial uptake
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
- Law
- Identity Card Carrying and Displaying Act 1982
Residents aged 16 and over must carry the card. Biometric cards were first issued in 2013 and expire after ten years. The biometric database law and 2023-2026 digital ID changes were not covered by sources reached.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- In development
- Name
- Digital shekel
The Bank of Israel published a design in 2024 and a preliminary design in March 2025. In March 2026 an official said it hopes to finish the plan, with a recommendation, at the end of 2026.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2026-03Rolling it out
An official said the bank wants to finish its digital shekel plan by end of 2026. Human Rights Foundation CBDC Tracker — Israel ↗
- 2025-05-20Pushback
Israel abstained on the WHO Pandemic Agreement vote. Third World Network — Pandemic Agreement vote ↗
- 2025-03Rolling it out
The Bank of Israel published a preliminary digital shekel design. Human Rights Foundation CBDC Tracker — Israel ↗
UN and WHO
How Israel has voted
- WHO
- Rejected the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- Abstained
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted no
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 73.9 · rank 55 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Voted no on GCM; abstained on Pandemic Agreement; rejected 2024 IHR amendments.
Sovereignty score
How the +1 adds up
- +1Rejected the WHO's 2024 health-rule changes source ↗
- +1Voted no on the UN Global Compact for Migration (2018) source ↗
- +1Abstained on the WHO Pandemic Agreement (May 2025) source ↗
- -1Building a CBDC (development stage) source ↗
- -1Prices carbon nationally (tax or emissions trading) source ↗
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