# Israel's Policy on Artificial Intelligence Regulation and Ethics

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Israel
- **Instrument type**: Policy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology and Ministry of Justice
- **Adopted**: 2023-12-17

## In brief

AI regulation and ethics policy (2023) is a non-binding policy of Israel, issued by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology and Ministry of Justice. It was adopted on 17 December 2023. Guidance to government ministries and regulators; no direct obligations on organisations.

## Summary

Adopted in December 2023 after public consultation, the policy sets Israel's approach: sector-specific regulation by existing regulators, a risk-based approach, preference for soft tools (standards, self-regulation, sandboxes) over binding rules at this stage, alignment with OECD principles, and common ethical principles (growth and sustainable development, human-centricity, equality, transparency, safety, accountability, privacy). It establishes an AI policy coordination centre and an expert advisory forum.

## Scope

Guidance to government ministries and regulators; no direct obligations on organisations.

## Notes on dates

Dates are taken from the linked official source; a reviewer should confirm in-force and application dates before relying on them.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0107 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0107; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/israel-ai-regulation-and-ethics-policy-2023
- **Official source**: https://www.gov.il/en/pages/ai_2023
- **Source document**: Israel's Policy on AI Regulation and Ethics
- **Published by**: Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-11-04
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Israel's Policy on Artificial Intelligence Regulation and Ethics" [AIPT-POL-0107, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0107 (accessed 4 November 2026).

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