Jerusalem: (click here) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s penchant for scented candles is setting off a stink, with media and politicians accusing him Monday of extravagantly spending public money.
According to an expense document obtained by a civil liberties group, Netanyahu spent $1,700 on scented candles, $23,300 on flower arrangements and $31,600 on gardening at his official residence in Jerusalem, among other costs totaling about $909,000 in 2012. The group obtained the document following a freedom of information request....
...“When the prime minister presents such inflated and absurd amounts in the expense sheet to the nation, he can’t look at his citizens in the eye and swear that there must be cuts to their welfare, health care, security and education,” wrote Arye Aplatoni in the Maariv daily....
It would seem in this season of giving the people of Israel are less worried about any nuclear engagement so much as the exploitation of their national treasury.
