Biometric Identification

Israel cancels fingerprint requirement for biometric passports

Knesset approves: Biometric documents will be valid for ten years - even if the person chose not to save their fingerprint in the database.

Interior Ministry issues free temporary passports to travelers with flights before Oct. 20.

Compensating for long wait times at Interior Ministry branches, Israeli government slashes prices for emergency passports issued at airport.

'I am always skeptical when government officials claim that tracking technology they wield will help keep citizens safe.'

Majority vote allows more time for government to assess success, failures of full switch to fingerprinted ID.

Goodbye, long lines: 17 stands introduced in latest step to transfer Israeli ID system over to biometric.

Interior Minister Gilad Erdan to advance legislation to phase the entire country into a biometric ID system to prevent fraud.

That 10,000 Israelis have signed up for biometric ID cards proves there's nothing to fear from them, says Interior Minister Gideon Saar