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VIDEO / Gov't okays bill to collect citizens photo and fingerprints
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Ehud Olmert, Israel 

The government on Sunday approved the first reading of a bill to create a central database of fingerprints and photographs of every Israeli.

The Interior Ministry drafted the law after it had been tasked with creating the database for identity, travel documents and biometric data base, containing data on the entire population.

Speaking at the start of the Sunday cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the law was an "unprecedented revolution" in combating counterfeiting, and would improve government service for Israeli citizens.
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Nevertheless, the law is only at an early legislative stage and still needs to pass a preliminary reading in the Knesset plenum.

Olmert added: "What will be done is an integration of biometric elements to create the highest level of accuracy in personal identification known to today's science world."

The prime minister said the new identity card will include an element known as a "smart card," which, in addition to the biometric information, will allow Israeli citizens to contact governmental services digitally and electronically.

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      1.   The govt already has every citizen`s photo 15:25  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 03/08/08
      2.   don`t like the sound of this 15:30  |  ruth 03/08/08
      3.   Start with Shas 15:41  |  SJ 03/08/08
      4.   Orson Welles "1984" version Israel 2008 15:50  |  Al 03/08/08
      5.   Welcome to the New World Order 16:00  |  Rowan Berkeley 03/08/08
      6.   Typical of a leftist government 16:01  |  Binyamin Dissen 03/08/08
      7.   Number 3 16:30  |  RH 03/08/08
      8.   #6 - obviously screwed right and left up! 16:57  |  Centre 03/08/08
      9.   No thanks 17:19  |  Danite 03/08/08
      10.   Great! Identifying war criminals becomes easier 17:36  |  DenHague 03/08/08
      11.   how about DNA to complete the picture? 17:55  |  AMIHAI 03/08/08
      12.   The UK is moving in precisely the same direction 18:23  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 03/08/08
      13.   Olmert is running out of postivie ideas! 19:38  |  Jim 03/08/08
      14.   #2 Ruth You don`t like the sound of this? 19:53  |  Jim 03/08/08
      15.   #3 SJ 20:08  |  Jim 03/08/08
      16.   computer and freedom !!! 20:46  |  albert cohen 03/08/08
      17.   A gross invasion of our privacy. 21:00  |  Wise Saba 03/08/08
      18.   freedom is the problem i guess. . . 21:58  |  revoltop 03/08/08
      19.   Losing our freedom to live as private persons for fear 00:59  |  AliciaYasmeen 04/08/08
      20.   Government is trying to Divert Attention..... 06:49  |  The Archives 04/08/08
      21.   Personal Privacy, anyone 08:32  |  Martin K. 04/08/08
      22.   Orson Welles??? 08:50  |  Yaara 04/08/08
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