| .il | |
| Type: | Country code top-level domain |
| Status: | Active |
| Registry: | Israel Internet Association |
| Sponsor: | Internet Society of Israel, NIC - ISRAEL |
| Registereddomains: | 285,060 |
| Dateregistereddomains: | 2023-08-19 |
| Refregistereddomains: | [1] |
| Intendeduse: | Entities connected with: |
| Actualuse: | Popular in Israel |
| Restrictions: | Limitations vary based on which 2nd-level domain registration is within; registry reserves right to screen and reject applications |
| Structure: | Names are registered at third-level within generic second-level categories; second-level name registry directly under .il not supported |
| Document: | Registration rules |
| Disputepolicy: | Optional dispute resolution via Advisory Committee |
| Dnssec: | yes |
| Hebrew: .ישראל | |
| Type: | Internationalized country code top-level domain |
| Status: | Active |
| Registry: | Israel Internet Association |
| Sponsor: | Internet Society of Israel |
| Registereddomains: | 22,186 |
| Dateregistereddomains: | 2023-08-19 |
| Intendeduse: | Entities connected with with content in the Hebrew alphabet |
| Restrictions: | Only Hebrew alphabet, digits, hyphens can be used.[2] |
| Structure: | Names to be registered either at second-level directly under ישראל. or at third-level within generic second-level categories |
| Document: | Registration rules |
| Dnsname: | xn--4dbrk0ce |
.il is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of Israel, administered by the Israel Internet Association and managed by NIC - ISRAEL, which hosts the DNS root server and manages the Israeli Internet Exchange, that supports IPv4 and IPv6.[3]
The .il top-level domain is one of the earliest registered ccTLDs. When Israel registered it, on 24 October 1985,[4] it was the third registration of any ccTLD, after .us[5] and .uk,[6] which were registered earlier that year.
As of 19 August 2023 there are 285,060 domain names registered under the .il ccTLD in Israel.[1]
On 19 May 2020, ICANN approved the use of the ישראל. domain,[7] [8] that was proposed in 2012.[9] It was delegated on 11 February 2021, and since 22 November 2022 it is possible to register domain names in full Hebrew script.[10]
Unlike the structure of .il, domain names registered under ישראל. may be either directly at second-level (for example: איגוד-האינטרנט.ישראל) or at third-level under one of these second-level domains:[11]
'''אקדמיה.ישראל.''': Academic institutions; equivalent to .ac.il.'''ממשל.ישראל.''': Government and Governmental System; equivalent to .gov.il.'''צהל.ישראל.''': Israel Defense Forces; equivalent to .idf.il.'''ישוב.ישראל.''': Municipal Government; equivalent to .muni.il.There will not be a Hebrew-script equivalent to these second-level domains:
'''.co.il''''''.org.il''''''.k12.il''''''.net.il'''As a more private initiative the top-level domain Hebrew: .קום ("com") was registered by VeriSign in 2016. It has as of 2020 many thousand second-level domains, mostly in Hebrew script, some in Latin script.
Domain names ending with .il will always be in the third level under one of these second-level domains:[12]
'''.ac.il''': Academic Institutions; administration delegated to the Inter-University Computation Center.'''.co.il''': Commercial Entities; administration delegated to five private registrars.'''.org.il''': Non-commercial Organizations; administration delegated to five private registrars.'''.net.il''': Israeli Internet service providers; available only to licensed providers by the Israel Internet Association.'''.k12.il''': Schools and Kindergartens'''.gov.il''': Government and Governmental System; administration delegated to Ministry of Finance.'''.muni.il''': Municipal Government'''.idf.il''': Israel Defense Forces; administration delegated to the army's Center of Computing and Information Systems.Registration of other second-level domain names directly under .il is not supported.
Hebrew third level domains such as [http://איגוד-האינטרנט.org.il איגוד-האינטרנט.org.il] are available since 2010.[13]