Netanyahu's US Trip Costs Revealed: Flights, Hotels, and Glamour Expenses

Hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visits to the United States in 2025, according to data released by the Prime Minister's Office to the "Tzahalot" organization. The expenses include flights on the "Wing of Zion" aircraft, hotel stays, and ancillary costs such as makeup, hairstyling, catering, and even a traffic ticket.

During a New Year's visit to Florida in late 2025, Netanyahu and his wife Sara stayed in a suite at the Four Seasons hotel for $10,000 per night, totaling $50,000 for their stay. An additional 43 members of the entourage stayed in rooms costing $250 per night. The flight for this trip alone cost $423,407.

In September, a visit to Washington D.C. and New York incurred $359,281 for the plane and approximately $42,000 for a suite at the Loews Regency hotel. Other expenses during this trip included $1,200 for a makeup artist, $1,500 for catering, $400 for car rentals, and $125 for a traffic report.

Further details show significant spending on other trips. In July, a hotel stay at the Willard InterContinental cost around $173,000, with an additional $520 for refreshments. In April, a three-day visit to Washington involved $51,000 for lodging at the Watergate hotel, plus $3,036 each for a makeup artist and a hairdresser.

Additional expenses from February included approximately $6,700 for makeup and a similar amount for haircuts. Other costs from that period were $4,800 for photography lighting, $25,000 for the Prime Minister's suite, $300 for laundry, and $500 for "smoking fees" in a press conference room.

Overall, data from 2019-2026 indicates that Prime Ministers Netanyahu, Bennett, and Lapid spent approximately 1.4 million shekels on makeup and hairstyling domestically and abroad. Around 90% of this sum is attributed to the Netanyahus, with a single visit to the U.S. costing $13,500 for four days of such services.