It has been a month since Israel launched its experimental biometric identification card system. Officials are pleased with the initial response, reporting 10,000 citizens have stepped forward seeking a new identity card.

Interior Ministry officials feel the new ID card is the 21st century response to forgeries and identity theft and hope the program will be approved as the new nationwide standard.

During this experimental stage, the ID cards are only available in Ashdod and Rishon L’Tzion.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)