{"name":"Applied AI in Palestine — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Palestine, tagged by kind, industry, region and role, sourced and dated. A slice of the State of Applied AI record, maintained continuously by the Industrial Research Unit of the Straits Institute for Applied AI.","source":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/palestine","partOf":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/evidence.json","attribution":"Industrial Research Unit, Straits Institute for Applied AI","updated":"2026-10-29","facet":{"kind":"country","name":"Palestine","slug":"palestine","iso2":"PS","region":"Middle East & North Africa"},"counts":{"entries":8,"deployments":4,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":1,"regulation":3,"industries":3,"countries":1,"linked":8},"entries":[{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Palestine","role":"Medical school examiner","org":"An-Najah National University","text":"An-Najah National University has introduced an AI virtual patient, developed by the digital transformation unit of its media centre, for sixth-year medical students' final examinations at An-Najah Hospital. The interactive avatar converses by voice and video without disclosing the condition, forcing students to reason towards a diagnosis, and scores each performance to give examiners data-driven assessments. A case library spanning specialties is planned.","date":"2026-04-10","source":"https://nn.najah.edu/news/Alnajah-news/2026/04/10/554144/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Palestine","role":"Elections official","org":"Central Elections Commission of Palestine","text":"The Palestinian Central Elections Commission built Nazih, an AI voter assistant for the April 2026 local elections and new election law. The AI-powered election chatbot runs on the commission's website, WhatsApp and Facebook, logging 22,000 queries in its January 2026 trial.","date":"2026-02-05","source":"https://www.sadanews.ps/en/news/273677.html"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Palestine","org":"Palestinian National School of Administration","text":"The Palestinian National School of Administration delivered AI training for civil servants to 35 IT and human resources staff from 18 ministries and government institutions. 'AI in Government Work: Practical Applications and National Visions' targeted use cases in public administration with Arab Administrative Development Organisation, GOV Campus and International Advisory Group. Public-sector AI skills outputs will feed the State of Arab Government Administration 2026 report for Dubai's World Government Summit.","date":"2025-11-19","source":"https://www.raya.ps/news/1205950.html"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Palestine","role":"Students, teachers","org":"ABA Agency","text":"A homegrown artificial intelligence model now powers EduPro, marking the first AI in education platform built entirely in Palestine and across the wider Middle East. ABA Agency designed this AI tutor platform to reach six groups — pupils from grade 4 through high school, parents, teachers, schools, directorates and the Ministry of Education — via a virtual AI tutor plus adaptive smart exams, behavioural analytics and dashboards suited to each user. The Higher Council for Creativity and Excellence has backed the launch, hosted on private Palestinian servers for full data sovereignty.","date":"2025-10-26","source":"https://alquds.com/ar/posts/202268"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Media, Telecom & Entertainment","region":"Palestine","role":"Customer service agents","org":"Ooredoo Palestine","text":"Moeen (معين), Ooredoo Palestine's AI customer service chatbot, now handles more than 70% of customer questions without staff involvement. Reachable through WhatsApp or the company's site, the virtual assistant for customer queries manages tasks like checking balances, paying bills, activating services and updating accounts, forwarding trickier cases to human staff. Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Economy officials heard about the rollout at the Palestine Digital Conference.","date":"2025-03-17","source":"https://raqeeb.ps/14364.html"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Palestine","org":"Palestinian Cabinet (Council of Ministers)","text":"The Palestinian Cabinet approved the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, grounding Palestine AI policy in a lasting AI industry fed by research, skills development and technological infrastructure. Five pillars structure the plan: AI for Government, AI for Development, AI for Capacity Building, AI and Legal Framework, and International Activities. The Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Economy oversees delivery of this national AI strategy via the National AI Team.","date":"2023-06","source":"https://www.lawgratis.com/blog-detail/artificial-intelligence-law-at-palestine"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Palestine","org":"Palestinian Cabinet of Ministers","text":"A formal Palestine AI policy now exists: the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, cleared by the Cabinet of Ministers and built by the Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Economy to guide artificial intelligence responsibly and sustainably. Aims run from modernising administration to lifting outcomes in agriculture, water, healthcare and schooling, growing technical skills, and setting ethical and legal guardrails. This national AI strategy pairs growth with oversight.","date":"2023-06","source":"https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/west-bank-palestinian-national-strategy-artificial-intelligence"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Palestine","org":"Palestinian Council of Ministers","text":"Palestine's National AI Team, formed 6 September 2021 by the Council of Ministers under the Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Economy, seats ministries, academics and private-sector figures. Its brief: vet AI policy, feed the national AI strategy, order priorities, steer rollout follow-up, build partnerships and handle AI ethics — an AI governance structure covering both direction and oversight.","date":"2021-09-06","source":"https://arn.ps/post/255349.html"}]}