"Smoking fees", and $13,000 on makeup and hair - in one day: Netanyahu's travel expenses revealed

The "Hatzlacha" organization revealed documents from the Prime Minister's Office exposing unusual expenses in Netanyahu's trips to the US in 2025, including $13,519 for makeup and hair in one visit, $500 in "smoking fees", $295 for repairing a door at the embassy, and $125 for a traffic report.

The "Hatzlacha" organization received documents from the Prime Minister's Office revealing unusual expenses in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trips to the United States during 2025. Among the notable items: $13,519 for makeup and hair in one visit to Washington in February ($6,772 for a makeup artist and $6,747 for a hairdresser), $500 defined as "smoking fees" in a meeting room during a press conference, $295 for repairing an entrance door at the embassy, and $125 for a traffic report. In the April visit, another $6,072 was recorded for makeup and hair. In the July visit, the bill reached approximately $373,700, including $172,701.60 for the Willard InterContinental hotel. In the September visit to New York, the prime minister's suite cost $5,999 per night. In the end-of-year visit to Florida, the highest suite price was recorded: $10,000 per night. The Prime Minister's Office clarified that some of the bills are not yet final and that the process can take many months.