Israel's National Drone Initiative is a government program that aims to perform commercial deliveries via drone to lighten traffic in urban areas.
According to Partem, the initiative was inspired by the halting effect that COVID-19 had on the transportation of medical supplies in early 2020.
Israel's population of 9.3 million people is largely packed in in urban centers, with major cities like Tel Aviv and Jerusalem suffering from high levels of road congestion. Access to Israel's airspace is highly regulated by security officials, and flying a drone requires a permit from the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority.
"Once you have a drone that actually takes photos or videos you create a totally new dimension of privacy invasion," said Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler, digital technology expert and fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, a think tank in Jerusalem.
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