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Netanyahu Spent $24,000 of Israeli Taxpayer Money on Takeout
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP/Ilia Yefimovich, pool)
A report by the Israeli state comptroller released Tuesday afternoon, which revealed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “excessive spending” on his country’s dime, is causing quite a stir. Seems like unbalanced wars aren’t the only thing Bibi likes to spend inordinate amounts of his citizens’ cash on.
The Washington Post:
On Tuesday, at precisely 4 p.m., the Israeli state comptroller released an eagerly awaited report condemning the Netanyahus for “excessive spending” at both the prime minister’s official residence at 2 Balfour St. in Jerusalem and the couple’s private beachfront villa in Caesarea.
Want to know how much the Netanyahus billed the Israeli taxpayer for takeout food in 2011? It was 92,781 shekels, or about $24,000, “even though there was a chef in the residence,” the comptroller noted disapprovingly.
The comptroller’s office warned of more investigations in the offing — into the issue of improper bottle recycling by the Netanyahus, for one. Apparently, the couple pocketed $1,000 in cash refunds paid by stores when staff returned drink bottles for deposit. The bottles were purchased by the state, the report noted, and so the refunds should have been returned to the treasury.
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—Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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Source: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/netanyahu_spent_24000_of_israeli_taxpayer_money_on_takeout_20150218/
