Documents released by the Prime Minister’s Office detail the expenses incurred during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visits to the United States in 2025, revealing a wide range of costs including over $13,000 spent on hair and makeup services. The breakdown, provided in response to a Freedom of Information request filed by the nonprofit group Hatzlacha, outlines itemized expenditures for multiple trips, capturing charges from hotel stays to incidental fees.
During Netanyahu’s February visit to Washington, $6,772 was spent on a makeup artist and $6,747 on a hairdresser, totaling $13,519 for personal grooming. Additional costs included $25,000 for the prime minister’s suite, $511.50 for food served there, and roughly $928 for laundry services. The report also noted a $500 “smoking fee” related to a conference room used for a press event with the prime minister. Other expenses covered lighting, photography, transportation, refreshments, and various equipment required by the delegation.
A subsequent trip to Washington in April included $3,036 each for makeup and hairdressing, totaling $6,072. Among other reported items were $1,228 for printers and toner cartridges, and approximately $240 for office supplies such as whiteboards and corkboards. The visit’s largest single expense was $51,661 for accommodations at the Watergate Hotel. The total costs for this trip are recorded at around $128,900.
The July visit featured a $172,701.60 bill for lodging at the Willard InterContinental Hotel. The documents also show a $295 payment to a locksmith for repairs to the embassy entrance door following a malfunction during the prime minister’s stay. Additional expenses throughout the visit included purchases from retail outlets such as Amazon, Costco, Target, and Staples, alongside charges for refreshments, office supplies, vehicle use, customs, and overtime labor. The July trip’s overall expenses totaled approximately $373,700.
Netanyahu’s late September trip to New York and Washington, coinciding with the United Nations General Assembly, included a $125 fee for a traffic ticket issued during the visit. The prime minister’s suite at New York’s Loews Regency Hotel was billed at $5,999 per night, with a total of $41,993 for the duration of the stay. According to the Prime Minister’s Office, hotel accommodations in New York during the UN General Assembly are typically pre-booked well in advance due to high demand. The trip itinerary included meetings with the presidents of Paraguay, Serbia, and Argentina; a speech at the UN General Assembly; a meeting with the United Arab Emirates foreign minister; and an interview with Fox News. Netanyahu later traveled to Washington for a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House.
The documents also cover an end-of-year visit to Florida, where the highest nightly rate charged for Netanyahu’s suite was reported at $10,000, totaling $50,000 for the stay. Regular rooms for other members of the delegation averaged about $250 per night. During the Florida trip, Netanyahu held discussions with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, spoke by phone with Vice President JD Vance, and engaged in media interviews with Fox News and Newsmax. The visit included meetings with prominent figures such as Steve Wynn, a dinner at Larry Ellison’s residence, engagements with evangelical leaders and elected officials, and attendance at a New Year’s event at Mar-a-Lago alongside his wife.
The released delegation list for the Florida trip features numerous officials from the Prime Minister’s Office and related agencies, although some names and positions were redacted. The Prime Minister’s Office cautioned that the figures presented do not necessarily reflect final billing, noting that the Foreign Ministry and its missions handle payments for overseas trips rather than the Prime Minister’s Office directly. Typically, estimated costs are provided before visits, while invoices and receipts are processed months later, and payments only finalized once expenses have undergone review. Some portions of the expense records were withheld due to national security considerations or because the billing process remains incomplete.