The Magia Lee Generation is Upset About Parking Tickets

In Israel a sense of entitlement is known as "Magia Lee" - מגיע לי - I deserve it. I have it coming to me.
Despite the public being told to not drive their own cars to the north to get to Meron on Lag b'Omer but rather to rely on public transportation, many did anyway. Obviously they could not get into Meron or the surrounding parking lots, as those were all closed off to private cars and being used for buses and transport vehicles. Instead, many went to nearby Tzfat, found parking and walked or took a bus or hitched a ride or whatever to Meron.
The problem is that some/many of these people who parked their cars in Tzfat on their way to Meron parked in no parking zones, thinking that because of the holiday it would be ok and the city would not fine them. The city did publicize that it would not enforce paid parking during the Lag b'Omer celebrations.
Many people returned to their illegally parked cars after the celebrations only to discover a nice hefty parking ticket (250-500nis) waiting on the windshield.
And now they are livid, saying the City of Tzfat is anti-Haredi (as, after all, during the klezmer festival they do not do this) and they are looking into suing the city. The city's responseis that as they publicized they did not enforce paid parking and parking in "blue and white" spots was free. Illegal parking in no parking zones, "red and white" spots, parking on sidewalks and in bus zones, is what people got ticketed for.
source: Actualic
People parking illegally can be annoying and sometimes dangerous. Like any other law, if someone wants to take the risk of getting caught and fined or punished with whatever punishment is deserving, they can do whatever they want and then not complain when they get caught - pony up the price, and maybe it was worth it or maybe not. To do something illegal and then complain when getting caught is a symptom of the Magia Lee generation. Here they are saying I wanted to celebrate, needed to park so I have the right to park wherever I want and you do not have the right to tell me I cannot park there.
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