Media in Israel today report that the government unanimously decided to restrict the use of cash money, and start measures to increase the use of credit cards. Sounds loony... I know, but it is for real... [1]
The official reason - better enforcement of tax laws. But naturally, all credit card transactions are electronically registered, and provide an excellent way to track people and their activities. Moreover, given the vast poverty in Israel today, many do not qualify for a credit card, and it is entirely unclear how such people are meant to survive if such measures would be implemented. Finally, Israeli banks engage in predatory practices and impose exorbitant interest rates on credit card over charges, and the latest decision would place people at higher risk of falling prey to the banks.
Prior to that Israel was the only nation, to the best of my knowledge, which passed a law to establish a Biometric Database of all residents, with the intention of later using it in border controls and other places. Senior Israeli computer experts, some of the best security experts in the world unanimously objected... Moreover, from the start the intention is to PRIVATIZE the Biometric Database, an entirely lunatic idea.
Prior to that, the State of Israel privatized the electronic signature systems. That means that even the electronic signatures on court papers, the equivalent of the seal of the court, are today privatized. Not only that - it was privatized to a non-public corporation, meaning that there is minimal control of its activity. Furthermore, the Human Rights Alert (NGO) report to the UN (2013) documented that the privatization of electronic signatures was unlawfully executed - by senior Ministry of Justice officials, who had no valid appointment records, and had blatant conflicts of interests. [2]
Beyond that, the standard cards for using public transportation in Israel, buses, trains, are all linked to personal IDs, which permit the tracking on which station, what time you boarded a bus or train any given day...
COMBINED, ISRAEL IS FAST APPROACHING CONDITIONS OF A CATTLE FARM, WHERE THE HERD IS EXTREMELY EASILY TRACKED!
The official reason - better enforcement of tax laws. But naturally, all credit card transactions are electronically registered, and provide an excellent way to track people and their activities. Moreover, given the vast poverty in Israel today, many do not qualify for a credit card, and it is entirely unclear how such people are meant to survive if such measures would be implemented. Finally, Israeli banks engage in predatory practices and impose exorbitant interest rates on credit card over charges, and the latest decision would place people at higher risk of falling prey to the banks.
Prior to that Israel was the only nation, to the best of my knowledge, which passed a law to establish a Biometric Database of all residents, with the intention of later using it in border controls and other places. Senior Israeli computer experts, some of the best security experts in the world unanimously objected... Moreover, from the start the intention is to PRIVATIZE the Biometric Database, an entirely lunatic idea.
Prior to that, the State of Israel privatized the electronic signature systems. That means that even the electronic signatures on court papers, the equivalent of the seal of the court, are today privatized. Not only that - it was privatized to a non-public corporation, meaning that there is minimal control of its activity. Furthermore, the Human Rights Alert (NGO) report to the UN (2013) documented that the privatization of electronic signatures was unlawfully executed - by senior Ministry of Justice officials, who had no valid appointment records, and had blatant conflicts of interests. [2]
Beyond that, the standard cards for using public transportation in Israel, buses, trains, are all linked to personal IDs, which permit the tracking on which station, what time you boarded a bus or train any given day...
COMBINED, ISRAEL IS FAST APPROACHING CONDITIONS OF A CATTLE FARM, WHERE THE HERD IS EXTREMELY EASILY TRACKED!
LINKS:
[1] החלטת ממשלה: ייבחן צמצום השימוש במזומן
[2] 12-06-04 Human Right Alert, Submission; 2013 UPR of the State of Israel - "Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel"
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