Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Israeli New Shekel (ILS)
- Symbol
- ₪ — placed after the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- 123,456.78 ₪
- Thousands separator
- ,
- Decimal separator
- .
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- 1 USD = 3.00854626319 ILS (ecb, 2026-07-16)
Tax
Payment methods in Palestine
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 cash on delivery
- 02 card
- 03 jawwal pay
- 04 palpay
- 05 bank transfer
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- ar-PS
- Official languages
- Arabic
- Direction
- right-to-left
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +970
- Mobile format
- +970 59 XXX XXXX
- Digits
- 9
Palestine: common questions
What currency does Palestine use?
Palestine uses the Israeli New Shekel (ILS), symbol ₪. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as 123,456.78 ₪.
How many decimal places does ILS have?
ILS has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the VAT rate in Palestine?
The standard VAT rate in Palestine is 16.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Palestine?
The methods that matter in Palestine, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, card, jawwal pay, palpay, bank transfer.
What is the dialling code for Palestine?
Palestine's country calling code is +970. Mobile numbers are formatted +970 59 XXX XXXX (9 digits after the country code).
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