Over ten thousand Israelis have signed up for a pilot project that provides them with a “smart” Israeli identity card that includes biometric information. Theproject is now operating in over a dozen cities, and is currently voluntary, although it is likely to become mandatory in the future. The project opened about a month ago, and so far the response to it has been very positive and welcome, said Population Authority officials. Residents of the thirteen towns where the program is currently operating can go to their local Population Registry offices, submit their fingerprints and have their photos taken by a special camera that will analyze their facialcharacteristics, and be issued a smart identity card. More cities are to be added in the coming weeks, and by the end of the year the program will be operating in 28 cities. The benefit for Israelis, according to the Interior Ministry, is that they will receive an identity card that will be next to impossible to duplicate, and will put a stop to instances of identity theft and fake ID cards. According to the Ministry, tens of thousands of illegal workers and illegal PA Arabs are using phony ID cards, either totally fabricated or using real information about Israelis. Over 130,000 ID cards are lost or stolen each year, the Ministry said, constituting a major security threat that can be solved by the biometric cards. The new program is voluntary, and is a pilot program designed to allow officials to determine if there are any problems with the biometric system. The program has been a controversial one; the law authorizing implementation of the biometric database was passed in 2009, but was challenged immediately by activists and privacy groups, as well as numerous MKs. Among the reasons for opposition to the program, which will gather intimate details on Israelis, is the possibility that the data could be stolen, or even worse, used by the government to impose controls on individuals by limiting their access to services, and tracking them using biometric information.“The information is well protected and will prevent identity theft,” Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar said. Regarding the fears that the information could be used in a negative manner, Sa'ar said that “there is no basis for the panic that has taken hold of some. The numbers of those requesting the cards is evidence of the faith the public has in the program, and its understanding the great need to defend individuals against identity theftand to ensure that we remain at the forefront of technology,” Disagreeing with Sa'ar was Labor Party head MK Shelly Yechimovich, who said that implementation of the program would cause “irreversible damage” to Israel. “You can cancel credit cards that have been stolen, you can change a password that has been compromised, but you cannot change your fingerprints and face,” she said, pointing out the risks in holding such information in a database that would be a major attraction for hackers. “We all know that it is just a matter of time before corporations or hostile forces get hold of this information. The information will no doubt be used in a negative manner and will endanger many Israelis, such as IDF soldiers who will also have to give over their details in the program.”
We must repent, Yahshua (Jesus Christ) soon returns!
Matthew 3:1 - Repent for the reign of the heavens has come near
Mattew 24:29-31 - "And immediately after the distress of those days the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give its light and the stars shall fall from the heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And the sigh of the Son of Adam shall appear in the heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth shall mourn and they shall see the Son of Adam coming on the clouds of the heaven with power and much esteem. And He shall send His Messengers with a great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together His chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other" (see also Rev 14; Rev 6:12)
Luke 21:34-35 - "And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down by gluttony, and drunkenness and worries of this life, and that day come on you suddenly. For it shall come as a snare on all those dwelling on the face of all the earth."
Revelation 9:4 - God commands his Messengers not to hurt the trees or the earth until His servants are sealed.
Revelation 6:15-17 - Men who run to hide in rocks and caves to hide from the wrath of our Living God.
Revelation 7:3 - God commands his Messengers not to hurt the trees or the earth until His servants are sealed.
Daniel 3:23-27 - Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego were protected (sealed) in the midst of the burning furnace. The almighty works of our God towards those who truly serve Him, that fear no men, but only fearing Yah.
II Esdras 6:9 - "For Esau is the end of the world and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth".
Revelation 12:17 - "And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to fight with the remnant of her seed, those guarding the commands of Elohim and possessing the witness of Yahshua (Jesus Christ) our Master."
Revelation 13:16-17 - "He causes all, both small and great, and rich and poor, and free and slave, to be given a mark upon their right hand or upon their foreheads, and that no one should be able to buy or sell except he that has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name."
Revelation 14:8-12 - Babel is Fallen - It is her time to fall. The time of the Gentiles has come to an end.
Revelation 11:15 - The Kingdom of our Master shall reign forever!
Revelation 22:14 - Blessed are those DOING HIS COMMANDS so that they inherit everlasting life! (Obedience to God's Word is the Key to His Love and Protection in this hour)
Daniel 2:43-44 - In the last days, the seed of men mingle with the seed of the fallen ones again until Christ returns.
Matthew 24:37 - It will be as it were in the days of Noah.
A dedicated female servant to the Most High God of the Heavens and the Earth, the Heavenly Father of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob through his son Yahusha (Jesus Christ) who comes to share the Word of God in Love, Spirit and in Truth! I pray that the truth awakens many and that many souls are saved during this time of trial set in these last days before the return of our Saviour! Selah!