Report Reveals Nearly 2 Million Shekels Spent on Israeli Prime Minister's Residences in 2025

The Movement for Freedom of Information published a report detailing the expenses of the Israeli Prime Minister's residences for 2025 and the first half of 2026. In 2025, total spending on the residences reached approximately 2 million shekels (1,979,517), including 165,000 shekels on food, 95,000 shekels on gardening at the private home in Caesarea, and a confidential sum of 63,000 shekels without detailed breakdown.

For the first half of 2026, expenses totaled 731,081 shekels, with notable costs including 53,000 shekels on food, 15,000 shekels for bathtub replacement, over 31,000 shekels on electricity, and more than 42,000 shekels on maintenance and upkeep products. Additional expenditures included 2,700 shekels on food delivery via Wolt in August 2025, 10,590 shekels for preventive treatment of roots penetrating beneath the Caesarea home, and 4,657 shekels for thermostat replacements in the Caesarea residence.

The report also noted that for the first time, private residences on Gaza Street and other private homes were classified under the residences category. The official Balfour residence was under renovation and thus classified as supported apartments. Attorney Hidi Negev, CEO of the Movement for Freedom of Information, criticized the need to resort to court orders to obtain this information, highlighting the excessive use of public funds amid economic hardships and wartime consequences. Negev called for proactive and continuous transparency regarding public spending on the Prime Minister's residences, emphasizing that such expenses should be openly accessible to the public as part of accountability and oversight.