Netanyahu’s Travel Costs Spark Controversy

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00:00this is netanyahu's private aircraft used for all his foreign trips over the course of one year it

00:07was used for four journeys at a hefty cost according to disclosures by israel's freedom

00:13of information movement netanyahu's first trip in 2025 was to washington in february he was

00:21accompanied by 40 members of his entourage and stayed in a hotel suite costing five thousand

00:27dollars per night while the cost of the private aircraft alone reached four hundred thirty four

00:33thousand dollars in april he traveled to hungary with 36 aides where he and his wife stayed in a

00:40suite costing four thousand six hundred thirty two dollars per night in july the destination was

00:47washington once again this time with 41 companions with accommodation costs of three hundred seventy

00:54five dollars per night for standard rooms in september the final trip was to new york to attend the united

01:02nations general assembly with total accommodation costs of about four thousand two hundred dollars

01:08over seven days the freedom of information movement said that netanyahu's office systematically conceals

01:16travel expenses it stated that the goal of publishing these figures is to recover public funds spent by

01:22israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu throughout the year