The Bennett family's waste: Amit Segal, the senior political commentator for News 12, addressed the Bennett family's expenses for ordering food deliveries to their private home in Ra'anana - amounting to almost 25,000 NIS per month.
Segal tweeted: "Even before the news of the renovations in Balfour became known, the Bennett family wanted to stay in Ra'anana and continue their lives there as usual. To me, it was crazy that the prime minister's family wasn't moving to Jerusalem, but if you've already decided to continue as usual, why should the state fund your regular Volt? It doesn't work together.".
Dafna Liel, the political reporter for News 12, tweeted: "1. With all due respect to Bennett's announcement, the bureau cannot hide behind security secrecy and needs to explain the big money - the renovation in Ra'anana. 2. 24,700 NIS on takeaway from public money every month is crazy piggybacking. 3. And most of all, a big question mark regarding Bennett's judgment in publishing the data and thinking that it would serve him - what a disconnect.""
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Journalist Akiva Novik from Kan News wrote on Twitter: "Bennett needs to say one simple thing - my family's food will no longer be purchased from the state treasury. Even if this is the established practice. It was excessive, it is still excessive, and therefore it will be canceled.".
He added: "Bennett is right that the graph shows a steep decline from Netanyahu's spending. But he shouldn't measure himself in relation to them, and therefore the graph should continue to decline. Appearance is an important thing.".
Kan News reported this evening that Yamina officials sharply criticized Bennett's political advisor, Shamrit Meir, who intervened in the spending crisis - and accused her of "causing an image attack on the prime minister.".
