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Qualitative Data Collected by Variable for Israel

Country Laws and Regulations

General Law protecting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:

Definition of ICT accessibility:

  • The accessibility laws and regulations and standards, specifically the accessible services regulation that refer particularly to web site accessibility, application accessibility, automatic machines and kiosks accessibility and data information accessibility. The regulation about web site accessibility, application accessibility forward to Israeli standards that forwards to W3C WCAG 2.
  • The accessible services regulation also defines to advertise information of accessibility services
  • The Accessible Telephone Regulation defines various specifications of phones to all kind of disabilities and a mediation telephone / SMS q Fax center

Definition of Reasonable Accommodation:

Under the Law of Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities, "Reasonable Accommodation" is mentioned 28 times

Universal Service Obligation includes Persons with Disabilities:

The Accessible Telephone Regulation defines various specifications of accessibility of cellular phones and regular phones to all kind of disabilities. These accessible models must be advertised at vendors web sites under a special accessibility section. In addition, each company must have a mediation telephone / SMS / Fax center: Law 01/500_074

Country Capacity to Implement

  • Government agency for Persons with Disabilities:

Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services

Commission for Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Ministry of Justice

National Insurance Institute of Israel

  • Government agency for accessible ICTs:

Ministry of Communications

Department_Disability Rights

  • Process to involve DPOs in ICT accessibility policy making:

Under the Law of Equal Rights for People with Disabilities, it is included in many sections that organizations of people with disabilities must be involved and be consulted with. Law of Equal Rights for People with Disabilities

  • Country refers to international ICT accessibility standards:

The Accessibility Services Regulation from 2013 defines how to make web sites and applications accessible according to the definition of the Israel Standard for Accessible Web sites (#5568 that directs to W3C – WCAG 2.0 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines): The Accessibility Services Regulation

  • ICT accessibility courses available at universities or professional education services:

N/A

Country Policy and Programs Outcomes

  • Web:

-Country Policy: In Israel, there is a television captions and sign language law that defines how to record shows, news, live programming. The Television Broadcasting Law passed in 2005, a communication Law implemented by the different TV companies Television Broadcasting Law

There are regulations in place regarding subtitles for TV and movie theatres and captions for Internet movies

-Country Programs: The following organizations are actively involved in web accessibility

  • Access Israel (NGO) – Awareness campaigns, legislation, conferences, advertising, public relations, web site information, courses etc. www.aisrael.org
  • The Israel Internet Association - together with Access Israel - Awareness campaigns and an Information web site The Israel Internet Association ; Web Accessibility in Israel
  • The Commission for Equal Rights of PWD - The Commission for Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Also, companies like Microsoft and Google
  • In Israel, all web sites and applications must be accessible from 2017 (government, municipalities, businesses, public services, NGO) except for private personal websites and small businesses. All are accessible, the challenges are how to make them fully accessible and how to teach and train users that need web accessibility to use it.
  • TV and Multimedia:

Everything that is defined by law, it is being implemented; however, it is not on all channels and on all programs.

  • Mobile Telephony:

-Country Program: The Accessible Telephone Regulation defines various specifications of accessibility of cellular phones and regular phones to all kind of disabilities. These accessible models must be advertised at vendors web sites under a special accessibility section. In addition, each company must have a mediation telephone / SMS / Fax center.

Equal Rights Act for Persons with Disabilities (Access to Bezeq Services and Bezeq Facilities)

  • E-books and digital contents:

N/A

  • Promoting the Internet Availability and Usage among Persons with Disabilities:

N/A

  • Inclusive ICTs for all in education:

N/A

  • Enabling ICTs for all in employment:

N/A

  • E-government and Smart Cities for all:

-Country Policy: There are regulations regarding web sites and application, kiosks, ATM’s, accessible documents, telephones

  • Enabling Assistive Technologies and ICTs for independent living:

N/A

  • Procurement of accessible public goods and services for all citizens:

-Country Policy: In Israel public procurement is done differently. It is required by law and regulation, and it is achieved and supported by conferences that brings the awareness to the obligation. According to the law, accessibility directors at any organization with more than 25 employers must assure the procurement of accessible public goods and services