Israeli identity card

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Teudat Zehut (Hebrew: תעודת זהות, romanized: 't'udát zehút) or Huwiyyah (Arabic: بطاقة هوية, romanized: biṭāqat huwiyyah) is an identity document issued by Israel as prescribed in the Identity Card Carrying and Displaying Act of 1982: "Any resident sixteen years of age or older must at all times carry an identity card, and present it upon demand to a senior police officer, head of Municipal or Regional Authority, or a policeman or member of the Armed forces on duty." According to a precedent from 2011, residents are entitled to refuse presenting the card, unless the state-official has a reason to suspect that they have committed an offence. Additional identity documents are issued by the Israeli government to Palestinian East Jerusalem residents alongside the same Israeli identity card as Israeli citizens, although these differ from those issued to Israeli citizens and are not recognition of Israeli citizenship. Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are issued separate identity cards...

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