The Prime Minister's wife at the Netanyahu trial hearing: "In the middle of a war, they don't do any renovations"/Bini Ashkenazi
The legal advisor to the Prime Minister's Office, Shlomit Barnea Fargo, confirmed that the office financed work on the pool at Benjamin Netanyahu's private home in Caesarea during the war.
"According to the data provided to me, on November 26, 2023, with the approval of the CEO, various restoration works were requested in the pool at the Prime Minister's private residence in Kasiriya," Barnea Fargo wrote in an email message to Attorney Shahar Ben Meir.
"The accountant stated that he approved these works based on a ministerial salary decision that stated that the state treasury would bear all the expenses of the private residence in Caesarea, including operating and maintenance expenses, which are required for the residence of the prime minister and his family, when the director general of the prime minister's office was authorized to determine the type of expenses and their scope, and that interpretation The decision in the letter of attorney Gil Limon, according to which the ministry will fund the private residence in Caesarea only for expenses related to the performance of the Prime Minister's duties, reached our office on February 6, 2024."
Netanyahu on the background of the residence in Caesarea and the house on Gaza Street/photo processing, Shlomi Gabai, Yonatan Zindel Flash 90, Alex Kolomoisky
She also wrote: "In addition, a request was submitted with the CEO's approval on October 29, 2023 to perform various works in the pool that included replacing marble units and tile repairs, however the CEO and the accountant decided not to approve this work order and it was canceled. The CEO stated that he re-examined the request and recommended Reestablish the order for the repair and replacement of marble tiles in the pool.
The order was established on December 6, 2023, but was not approved by the accountant, and therefore was not carried out.
Only about two weeks ago, the Prime Minister's wife, Sara Netanyahu, addressed the controversy over the financing of the pool works at the private residence in Caesarea, and said during a hearing in the Jerusalem District Court where former Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein testified in the Netanyahu trial, that this is "nonsense, in the middle of a war, no renovations are done" .
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