An anonymous reader writes "Israeli government approved today the creation of a biometric database which will contain fingerprints and facial photos of all Israeli citizens. According to the bill passed today, the biometric information of each citizen will be embedded in their passport and national ID card.
Israeli citizens will be required by law to submit to biometric testing upon request by government employees, soldiers and policemen, so that their biometric info can be compared to the info embedded in their ID card / passport. The declared purpose of the bill is to combat forgery of passports and ID cards.
The bill was approved over objections from civil rights groups and the Israeli Bar. The article notes that no other democratic country has a comprehensive biometric database of all citizens.
(Unfortunately, the linked article is in Hebrew.)" Link to Original Source
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