Suites for $50,000 and hair-and-makeup: The costs of Prime Minister Netanyahu's flights to the US revealed

Just before Netanyahu's departure to the UN General Assembly, the costs of his trips to the US in the second half of 2025 are published following a Freedom of Information request. The data reveals tens of thousands of dollars spent on luxury suites and hundreds of thousands on flights, funded by the taxpayer.

Just before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's departure to the UN General Assembly in New York, the costs of his trips to the United States in the second half of 2025 are published. The data, obtained following a Freedom of Information request filed by the 'Hatzlacha' organization through attorney Elad Man, reveal significant expenses on luxury accommodation and flights. On a week-long trip in September 2025 to New York and Washington, Netanyahu stayed at the Loews Regency hotel at a cost of $41,993, and flight costs totaled $359,281. On a trip to Florida in December 2025, he stayed in a suite at the Four Seasons hotel costing $50,000 for five nights, with flight costs estimated at $423,407. The data also includes additional trips: in February, a suite cost 91,350 shekels, and in April, total trip costs were estimated at around 455,823 shekels, including 22,000 shekels for hair and makeup. A visit in July 2025 cost about 1.2 million shekels, with some data redacted for security reasons.