Ignoring Court Order and Privacy Concerns, Tel Aviv Uses ‘Smart’ Cameras to Issue Hundreds of Thousands of Parking Fines
When a District Court barred the use of license plate recognition cameras for parking enforcement, Tel Aviv Municipality claimed that its system uses ‘fundamentally different’ technology. A Shomrim analysis of internal documents, however, shows that City Hall demanded the installation of the exact cameras that were banned – and used them to issue hundreds of thousands of fines. Furthermore, the cameras were first deployed over a decade ago, and the company operating them has been approved several times without a tender. ‘The way they operate is absurd,’ says a senior local government official. The response from City Hall: Everything was done according to the law and enforcement will continue. Also published by N12
February 12, 2026
