Israel releases expenses for Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visits to the US
The Office of the Prime Minister of Israel has released documents on expenses incurred during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trips to the United States in 2025. The reports, provided following a freedom of information request, list, among other items, $13,519 for makeup artist and hairstylist services, a $500 smoking fee, $295 for repairs to an embassy door, and $125 for a traffic fine.
The documents were obtained by attorney Elad Mann of the Hatzlacha organization. They contain bill tables, delegation lists and schedules of foreign visits, The Jerusalem Post reports. Some of the information was removed for national security reasons.
Expenses in Washington
During Netanyahu’s February visit to Washington, the bill listed $6,772 for makeup artist services and $6,747 for hairstylist services, totaling $13,519. The prime minister’s room cost $25,000, room service amounted to $511.50, and laundry cost about $298.
A separate item in the documents lists $500 for a “smoking fee” in the conference hall where a press conference involving the prime minister was held. The report on the April visit listed $3,036 each for makeup artist and hairstylist services. The largest payment on that trip was $51,661 for the Watergate Hotel in Washington, while the total of itemized expenses reached about $128,900.
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Hotels, door repairs and a fine
The report on the July trip includes a payment of $172,701.60 to the Willard InterContinental hotel in Washington. It also listed $295 paid to a locksmith company to repair the embassy’s entrance door, which malfunctioned during the visit. The total amount of the July report was about $373,700.
During a trip to New York and Washington at the end of September, expenses included $125 for a traffic fine. The prime minister’s room at the Loews Regency in New York cost $5,999 per night, or $41,993 in total. The most expensive room in the documents was recorded during a visit to Florida at the end of the year: $10,000 per night and $50,000 for the entire period.
The Prime Minister’s Office stressed that the stated amounts are not final bills in all cases. According to its explanation, expenses for foreign trips are paid through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its missions, while the verification of bills and receipts after visits may take many months.
