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Does Ofek Aerial Photography support Israel?
Ofek Aerial Photography Ltd.
Owned by Formula Systems Records for the parent company are kept separately.
Yes — Ofek Aerial Photography has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Tech companies · Companies that support Israel
Background
Ofek Aerial Photography surfaced during research on its parent Formula Systems, whose own page explicitly declined to absorb Ofek's conduct: a subsidiary's record belongs on its own page, not its parent's. Ofek is 80% owned by Formula and, by Ofek's own account, has worked for decades on classified defense-sector projects; Who Profits adds that a specific slice of that work is aerial photography of the occupied West Bank for the Israeli military's Civil Administration, worth NIS 300,000 in a documented late-2023 exemption-from-tender contract and an additional NIS 1,544,400 in 2024 that Who Profits reports but does not source to any document. This research went beyond Who Profits to Israel's own central government-procurement portal (mr.gov.il) and found the November-December 2023 Civil Administration contract there as an official primary record naming Ofek directly — independent confirmation of the kind Who Profits' own profile does not provide. The 2024 figure and an August 2023 contract-expansion Who Profits separately describes could not be located in the same portal during this research and are presented as Who Profits' claims alone, clearly attributed as such.
Ofek Aerial Photography — official site, About page Israel Government Procurement Administration (mr.gov.il) — exemption-from-tender notice 4000574969 Who Profits database entry for Formula Systems (advocacy source)
Timeline of documented support
Documented support
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations in Israel | 1987 | — | Israeli government authorities, foreign governments and the Israeli defense sector Ofek Aerial Photography was founded in Israel in 1987 and describes itself, on its own website, as the largest aerial- and satellite-mapping company in Israel and among the leading ones in Europe, collecting and processing geographic data and imagery. Formula Systems' FY2025 SEC 20-F confirms Formula holds an 80% interest, that Ofek is headquartered in Netanya with about 100 employees and three purpose-built aerial-photography aircraft, and that its customers include "many government authorities and foreign government[s]." Ofek's own "About" page states directly, in its own words, that it "has worked for many years in close cooperation with the defense sector, and provides solutions for projects at a high classification level to all security bodies in Israel, including the Ministry of Defense, the IDF and the defense industries" — a company admission of a long-standing, classified-level defense relationship, independent of anything Who Profits alleges. | |
| Government contract | 2023-11 | — | Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories — Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria Israel's central government-procurement portal (mr.gov.il), searched directly for this file, carries an official exemption-from-tender notice — publication 4000574969, "Performing aerial photography of the Judea and Samaria [West Bank] areas" — published September 3, 2023 by the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories' Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria (COGAT), the Israeli military body governing the occupied West Bank. It records a NIS 300,000 (roughly US$80,000 at 2023 exchange rates) contract running November 1 to December 31, 2023, granted under regulation 5(d)(2) — a continuation engagement kept out of open tender "for reasons of savings and efficiency" on terms identical to a prior contract — and names the supplier explicitly as "Ofek Aerial Photography (1987) Ltd.," Israeli company registration number 511173163. This is a primary government record, independent of and consistent with Who Profits' account of a separate August 2023 exemption-based expansion of an existing Civil Administration contract (covering vertical photography, orthophotography and point-by-point photography by polygon) that this research could not separately locate in the portal; Who Profits states Ofek has held Civil Administration aerial-photography contracts since 2015. | |
| Government contract | 2024 | — | Israeli Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria (per Who Profits' account; not independently verified) Who Profits' Formula Systems profile states that in 2024 Ofek received NIS 1,544,400 (roughly US$420,000 at 2024 exchange rates) from the Civil Administration for "aerial multivision photography services" in the West Bank, continuing the relationship it describes since 2015. This research searched Israel's central procurement portal for a matching 2024 exemption or tender notice and could not locate one — the Civil Administration filings the portal surfaced cluster around 2020-2025 process numbers without an exact match for this figure — so this specific claim rests on Who Profits alone. Who Profits cites no underlying tender document or invoice for the figure; it is presented here as Who Profits' assertion, not independently verified. | One source |
| Government contract | 2021-06 | — | Israel Land Authority and the Ministry of Construction and Housing's Survey of Israel (routine civilian mapping, not the occupied territories) Beyond the West Bank, Israel's central procurement portal independently confirms Ofek as a recurring government aerial-mapping contractor elsewhere in Israel: publication 4000534682 records an exemption-based contract with "Ofek Aerial Photography," published June 17, 2021 by the Israel Land Authority, to carry out orthophoto photography of the northern Dead Sea and southern region; and publication 4000620807 records an intent to purchase 10cm-resolution national-coverage orthophoto imagery shot in 2026 from "Ofek Aerial Photography" by the Ministry of Construction and Housing's Survey of Israel (the national mapping authority), published August 12, 2026. Neither contract concerns the occupied territories; they document Ofek's general, longstanding role as a government aerial-mapping supplier inside Israel. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Ofek Aerial Photography donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of cash donations, but Ofek Aerial Photography has documented support of other kinds (Operations in Israel, Government contract). See the records on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 6 distinct sources are cited for Ofek Aerial Photography. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-09-24
- SEC — Formula Systems 20-F annual report (FY2025) sec.gov
- Ofek Aerial Photography — official site, About page ofek-air.com
- Israel Government Procurement Administration (mr.gov.il) — exemption-from-tender notice 4000574969 mr.gov.il
- Who Profits database entry for Formula Systems (advocacy source) whoprofits.org
- Israel Government Procurement Administration (mr.gov.il) — exemption notice 4000534682 (Israel Land Authority) mr.gov.il
- Israel Government Procurement Administration (mr.gov.il) — notice 4000620807 (Survey of Israel) mr.gov.il