is not in the country legally, Suciu said. Police also are allowed to ask for ID if they need to obtain information that is contained on the card.

“If they see someone drinking alcohol, they’re allowed to ask for an ID to see the person is over 18 or, for example, during corona to see where the person lives and check if they’re violating lockdown,” she said.  “The police are no longer allowed to stop people based on a hunch that a person is doing something wrong, which usually only happens to minorities in Israel, and now that have to have objective grounds.”

Now when a person is stopped, Suciu says there are limits to what the police can probe. The practice of stopping someone for ID will be considered a de-tention.

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