The Prime Minister’s Office wants to speed up the plans for the establishment of the Israeli “White House”. This is one complex that will contain both the Prime Minister’s residence and the Prime Minister’s office. all the details
The Prime Minister’s Office wants to speed up the plans for the establishment of the Israeli “White House”. This is one complex that will contain both the Prime Minister’s residence and the Prime Minister’s office, Kan 11 reported. The project that has been discussed in recent decades has been delayed until now and was even frozen for many years. Now the ministry is asking to restart the program.
According to the report, in recent days they are asking In Netanyahu’s office to restart the “Almog Project” (formerly the “Shira Project”), renewed discussions were even held on the subject, in which representatives from the General Security Service are also involved. The Prime Minister’s Office intends to launch a tender to find an architect and a project manager for the ambitious project.
The Prime Minister’s Office stated in response to the report: “With the formation of the government, it intends to examine the project of establishing the daycare center and the office and its implementation methods. Before decisions and approvals are made, officials will not be recruited.”
Last week it was reported in ‘Kan 11’ that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to recruit household workers for his private residence. According to a tender published by the Prime Minister’s Office, the Prime Minister’s Office seeks to recruit two employees in trust positions, in order to be in charge of all household work, “at the Prime Minister’s official residence, in accordance with the need and instructions of the supervisor,” according to the job description.
In the area of responsibility of the employees is also – “assistance in serving refreshments to tenants and their guests in accordance with the need and instructions of the supervisor”. As I recall, the Prime Minister’s residence in Balfour is not operating due to renovations – and is not used by Netanyahu, nor was it used by Lapid and Bennett.
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett received a legal opinion when he took office, according to which his home can be considered an actual residence, and therefore he was approved to employ several staff members. Hiring workers means that Netanyahu’s private home should be declared the prime minister’s actual residence. If his house is declared as the prime minister’s residence, his expenses will also be covered by the state.
The Prime Minister’s Office has not yet responded to the question of whether such an announcement has been made, but sources familiar with the issue say that next week a steering meeting is expected to take place that will examine the issue of the Prime Minister’s residence in the absence of a functioning official residence. Around the Prime Minister they accused that “it is not clear why for a year and a half nothing was done about the residence in Balfour, with the exception of the demolition and the planning and budgeting procedure was not completed.”