Chuppah LLC builds this website and its apps to be usable by everyone, including people with disabilities, so that readers can perceive, understand, navigate and use them.
Our commitment
Accessibility is part of how we design, build, write and maintain the site. The site works without any special mode, and an Accessibility mode is one tap away on every page, in every language, for readers who want larger text, stronger contrast and bigger controls.
Scope
This statement covers thestateofisrael.com, its subdomains, and the iOS and Android apps published by Chuppah LLC. Linked publications, embedded social posts and community submissions are the work of their authors; if one of them gets in your way, tell us and we will help you reach the same information another way.
Accessibility features
- The entire site can be driven from a keyboard — navigation, forms, dialogs, and interactive features — with a strong, always-visible focus indicator.
- A skip link in every language takes keyboard and screen-reader users straight to the main content, and page changes are announced to screen readers as you browse.
- A one-tap Accessibility mode enlarges all text to 125%, applies high-contrast palettes in both light and dark themes, grows every control to a comfortable touch size, underlines links, and strengthens focus indicators — on every page of the site.
- Motion respects your preferences: the Accessibility mode and your system's reduced-motion setting stop animations, smooth scrolling, tickers, and decorative effects instantly. Increased-contrast and Windows High Contrast preferences are honored automatically too.
- Every layout is responsive and supports browser zoom to 200% and beyond, text resizing, and touch, mouse, and keyboard input across phones, tablets, and desktops.
- The interface and every accessibility control are fully localized in eighteen languages — English, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Russian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Thai, Ukrainian, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, and Greek — with complete right-to-left support for Hebrew, Arabic, and Persian.
Standards and testing
The site is designed to conform to Israeli Standard IS 5568, which adopts the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 at Level AA, and it is built to WCAG 2.2 Level AA:
- Automated accessibility tests check WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA success criteria across pages, dialogs, sign-in and account states, languages, and right-to-left layouts.
- Contrast, focus visibility, target size, and legibility rules are part of our design system and enforced in code, in both the standard presentation and the Accessibility mode.
- Known limitation: the interactive globe game (Respond) is drawn on a canvas and is not yet fully usable with a keyboard or a screen reader. If any part of the site is hard to use, tell us and we will help you reach the same information another way.
Feedback and support
If a page or feature is hard to use, ask us and we will try to provide the same information another way, such as by email or in plain text, at no cost.
We read accessibility reports and give priority to problems that block access to the news, sign-in or account functions.
Prefer email? Reach us any time at admin@thestateofisrael.com.
Accessibility contact
Chuppah LLC Accessibility Contact
admin@thestateofisrael.com