News 13 announced this evening (Tuesday) that dozens of towels, eight radiators, an iron, replacement of the entire electrical system at a total cost of tens of thousands of shekels – these are some of the demands of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s family for their private residence in Jerusalem on Gaza Street, at the expense of the state .
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It was also noted that due to the fact that the official Prime Minister’s residence in Balfour is currently under renovation, the family lives on Gaza Street in a private house in the capital, which is designated as an alternative residence for the Prime Minister. In addition, it was said that the couple refused the state’s request to conduct a procedure called a “deficiency survey” conducted by professionals, in order to make sure that the state would not have to bear the costs of defects that existed in the house before the prime minister took office. According to Israeli law, even in an alternative residence, the state does not have to finance any requirement for equipment or improve the private property of the Prime Minister and his wife.
The Prime Minister’s Office responded: “Your description is full of lies and the truth is the opposite. Instead of investigating why Bennett renovated his private house for NIS 50 million and why Lapid and Bennett did not renovate the official residence in Balfour for a year and a half, leaving it in ruins, you are busy buying hand towels. awkward”.