As the Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality gears up to ban smartphones in several high schools as part of a pilot program announced earlier this year, some students are planning organized opposition to the move, according to a Sunday report.

In May, Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai announced that smartphones will be banned from all educational institutions in the city, though the program will only involve six high schools for the 2025-2026 school year.

“We won’t let technology control us -– we are removing smartphones from schools,” Huldai, who has been mayor since 1998, said in a statement.

Under the plan, students will be required to turn their phones in upon arrival at school in the morning, and will get them at the end of the school day in the afternoon.

According to a Channel 13 report, after the schools involved in the pilot program announced the plan, their students........

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