ID cards in Israel?

Are all Israeli citizens supposed to have ID cards with them at all times? :S


Why do I keep hearing this? I'm an Israeli cit. (not living there) without one and whenever I go there I've never had a problem :S


I don't even carry like my passport around with me.


Also: How would I even get one? Bear in mind I don't live in Israel, but Britain, and is it neccessary?

ID cards in Israel?
You need to live there to understand such issues, most Palestinians are not even allowed to travel to hospitals due to the check points, more that 200 Palestinians died on these check points, they separate villages from each others and they prevent students from reaching their schools.


Israel as a racist nation they provide every group a different kind of IDs the Israelis have the blue ones and this allows them to travel anywhere the Palestinians are given a green and orange ones that prevents them from going anywhere they even have their religion noted on the IDs, what more racist can they be???


so if you don't have an ID or a passport to show you're a tourist you don't want to argue with one of the occupation soldiers, they are so nasty.





Edit: there is nothing called Israeli Arab, they are called 1948 Arabs, you must have been away from Palestine for too long to know what goes on, and every issue is a political issue in Palestine, Palestinians are under occupation and you still don't know what these IDs are for??? these are the same IDs that prevent a mother from reaching to a hospital to give birth or and ailing man to have a kidney dialysis...so please don't try to be an wise by telling me the nonsense of israeli arab.
Reply:i have lived in Israel for a while and i can tell you that you don't have to have an id on you, you need to have a valid id /drivers license when driving.


i have never been asked for it by anyone in the streets not have i ever heard of anyone being asked for it in the street.


immigration might ask you for an id to make sure u r not in Israel illegally , if you look foreign, i have heard a few Filipinos being asked for Israeli id or proof of a work permit as Israel was experiencing a problem of many illegal immigrants, the same would apply to any country, even the usa
Reply:Umm if you are Israeli than you could contact the relevant gov't office
Reply:Just so that this Israeli should know, there is no place called Palestine.





Professor of history Reverend James Parkes wrote that the Balfour declaration for the first time established a "unit called Palestine on a political map. ...There was no such thing historically as a 'Palestinian Arab', and there was no feeling of unity among 'the Arabs' of this newly defined area."





So before the creation of the State of Israel, who were the Palestinians?





Until 1950, the name of the Jerusalem Post was THE PALESTINE POST; the journal of the Zionist Organization of America was NEW PALESTINE; Bank Leumi was the ANGLO-PALESTINE BANK; the Israel Electric Company was the PALESTINE ELECTRIC COMPANY; there was the PALESTINE FOUNDATION FUND and the PALESTINE PHILHARMONIC. All these were Jewish organizations. In America, Zionist youngsters sang "PALESTINE, MY PALESTINE," "PALESTINE SCOUT SONG" and "PALESTINE SPRING SONG." In general, the terms Palestine and Palestinian referred to the region of Palestine as it was. Thus, "Palestinian Jew" and "Palestinian Arab" are straightforward expressions. "Palestine Post" and "Palestine Philharmonic" refer to these bodies as they existed in a place then known as Palestine. The adoption of a Palestinian identity by the Arabs of Palestine is a recent phenomenon. Until the establishment of the State of Israel, and for another decade or so, the term Palestinian applied almost exclusively to the Jews.





One more thing. Someone calling herself "Joyce" is spreading falsehoods about Israel. I think that is called slander.











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Reply:Every Israeli citizen regardless if they are a Jew, Muslim, Christian, Arab, Druse, Ethiopian Israeli must carry id, either a driver's license, military id, non driver id, or passport at all times. This is not something new, this has been the law since I can remember. It is not a matter of discrimination against anyone, most countries have the same laws, including the US. While you are visiting Israel, keep your id with you. You also need it to take the train and some bus stations will make you present it when you purchase long distance tickets.
Reply:Joyce,


They stopped letting PA ambulances through as easily when the more extreme of the Arabs started using them as bombs. The first one was a supposedly pregnant lady who instead had a bomb under her skirt and blew up a bunch of people when they detected it, including herself. There have been many since. If you lived in the PA terroritories or knew anything about the area, you'd know that already.





The East Jerusalem Arabs were given a choice between Israeli citizenship if they pledged allegence to the country. Or Jordanian citizenship with Israeli IDs. Most choose the later, so they have rights to vote in Jerusalem munipalitity votes (which they choose collectively not to) and a unique status towards Israel. It was THEIR choice. Personally I find it a creative temporary solution to a tough political problem. I should clarify that elsewhere in Israel, Arabs are Israeli citizens!





So stop making Israel out to be the ogre, when you don't know the circumstances.





As to the original question - I don't know but the consulate is the place to check. I agree though that I've never been asked for one.
Reply:I have my ID on me at all times because it is necessary to get through some checkpoints, sometimes I ride the bus for free, and the most morbid reason is because if something happens they will be able to identify my body.





Whenever there is a tragedy, like the bombing a while back, they generally will ask for an ID to identify everyone that was around during the time of the attack.
Reply:you should probably carry some sort of identification if you are traveling anywhere even in the country you live in.





i never carry my passport in israel but i always have a drivers license.. i never had to use it though.
Reply:Yes. It's a good idea to keep track of all those jews.

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