February 19, 2015--"That's a Lot of Ice Cream"
"That's a lot of ice cream," Rona said after I read her an article from the New York Times website about Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu's and his wife Sara's personal spending. Spending that gets paid for or reimbursed by Israeli taxpayers.
In a report by Israel's state comptroller, it was revealed that the couple spends $2,700 annually on ice cream. He apparently prefers pistachio, she French vanilla.
This is far from the worst of it. Basic food expenditures have tripled to $120,000 a year since Netanyahu took office in 2009. To tell the truth, it does look as if he has put on weight. Now we know why.
In addition, the state spends $2,000 a month to clean their seaside cottage (which they rarely go to) and over the past two years, $68,000 for Sara's makeup, hairstyling, and what the controller calls her personal "presentation."
They also in 2013 billed the state for a "rest chamber," whatever that is, that was retrofit into the El Al plane that took them to Margaret Thatcher's funeral.
On the literal nickel-and-dime front, Sara Netanyahu was forced to reimburse the state $1,035 after being exposed for having pocketed the deposit money from recycled beverage bottles. That's a lot of Coke and Pepsi.
The report stated that the Netanyahus "strayed from the cornerstone principles of proportionality, reasonableness, saving, and efficiency."
They "strayed" so far that it is being suggested by legal authorities in Israel that they may be criminally liable for many of their expenditures.
In the meantime, with Bibi Netanyahu set to speak in early March to a semi-joint session of Congress (many Democrats have indicated they will risk the ire of the Israel lobby and boycott the Republican-sponsoerd campaign speech--Netanyahu is up for reelection a few days after he is scheduled to address Congress), he and Sara must be making plans to get El Al to reconfigure the cabin for them so there is enough freezer space for their ice cream supply and all the empty soda bottle they will be scooping up while in Washington.
In a report by Israel's state comptroller, it was revealed that the couple spends $2,700 annually on ice cream. He apparently prefers pistachio, she French vanilla.
This is far from the worst of it. Basic food expenditures have tripled to $120,000 a year since Netanyahu took office in 2009. To tell the truth, it does look as if he has put on weight. Now we know why.
In addition, the state spends $2,000 a month to clean their seaside cottage (which they rarely go to) and over the past two years, $68,000 for Sara's makeup, hairstyling, and what the controller calls her personal "presentation."
They also in 2013 billed the state for a "rest chamber," whatever that is, that was retrofit into the El Al plane that took them to Margaret Thatcher's funeral.
On the literal nickel-and-dime front, Sara Netanyahu was forced to reimburse the state $1,035 after being exposed for having pocketed the deposit money from recycled beverage bottles. That's a lot of Coke and Pepsi.
The report stated that the Netanyahus "strayed from the cornerstone principles of proportionality, reasonableness, saving, and efficiency."
They "strayed" so far that it is being suggested by legal authorities in Israel that they may be criminally liable for many of their expenditures.
In the meantime, with Bibi Netanyahu set to speak in early March to a semi-joint session of Congress (many Democrats have indicated they will risk the ire of the Israel lobby and boycott the Republican-sponsoerd campaign speech--Netanyahu is up for reelection a few days after he is scheduled to address Congress), he and Sara must be making plans to get El Al to reconfigure the cabin for them so there is enough freezer space for their ice cream supply and all the empty soda bottle they will be scooping up while in Washington.
Labels: Benjamin Netanyahu, Congress, El Al Airlines, Israel, Israeli Politics, Joint-Session of Congress, New York Times, Sara Netanyahu, Spending Scandal
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