The Economics Of Israeli Prime Ministerial Ice Cream

February 20, 2013 in Daily Bulletin

Marya Hannun posted a roundup of a crisis gripping Israel: their Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has a crippling ice cream addiction:

  • Netanyahu spends $2,700 a year on ice cream.
  • His favourite flavour appears to be pistachio.
  • Netanyahu claims that the ice cream is used to entertain guests. Skeptics point out if this was the case then he wouldn’t always be ordering pistachio.
  • Obama, for one, prefers chocolate. Perhaps that’s why the two leaders don’t really see eye to eye.

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Source: Foreign Policy