The Prime Minister's Office issued a statement Tuesday afternoon responding to the publication of expenses from Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence, asserting that the costs are 'significantly lower' than those of previous prime ministers. The full details were published by ynet.
The Prime Minister's Office issued a statement Tuesday afternoon responding to the day's publication of official residence expenses, asserting that the costs are 'significantly lower' than those of previous prime ministers, without providing specific figures. The statement comes after the Movement for Freedom of Information published detailed records of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence spending, which were covered by The Zioneer in three successive updates beginning at 15:01 Jerusalem.
Earlier Tuesday, The Zioneer reported the first disclosure of NIS 95,000 in gardening expenses at the Caesarea residence and NIS 2,700 in Wolt deliveries. Subsequent updates added further details: a NIS 14,986 bathtub replacement, additional bathtub replacements totaling NIS 27,000, and an overall sum of NIS 2.7 million in residence expenses over the past 18 months, including maintenance and food deliveries. The reports were based on data obtained by the Movement for Freedom of Information.
As The Zioneer reported on Tuesday at 15:02 Jerusalem, a separate publication of former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's official expenses showed that his office spent nearly three times Netanyahu's outlay in a comparable one-year period — NIS 1.3 million compared to NIS 465,000.
The PMO's statement did not include concrete figures to substantiate its comparison to predecessors, and the claim has not been independently verified against the published data.
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