Prime Minister's plane to take off for first time with Netanyahu

Most countries now have their own executive jet it is not something limited to the US and Arab sheiks so there is no reason for Israel not to have such a thing even if it is expensive especially because on an ELAL charter the PM cannot communicate with his cabinet whilst he is in the air because of lack of secure communications so a flying PM is not a PM. Israel also used to have an executive jet which was an old Boeing 707 but that was retired in the early 2000s and numerous governments have wanted to replace it but worried it would be seen as an extravagance so stuck with ELAL charters. Whilst it was a good idea to buy a plane whilst it might have been more expensive in the shorter term it probably would have been long term savings if the government had ordered a new plane either an Airbus or modern plane like the Boing 787 because the 767 is not a fuel efficient plane, there are no pilots either in ELAL or the IAF who are trained to fly the 767 because very few airlines use it anymore and the thing is 20 years old and was a former Quantas jet so I imagine has plenty of air miles on the clock so short term saving probably for imagine purposes ( cabinet doesn't want to be seen buying a brand new plane at taxpayer expense ) so it will lead to long term extra cost but it is still something we should have.

Lapid is a hypocrite, when the cabinet voted to buy this plane Lapid voted in favour but he later criticised the decision to buy it tried to make out it was a Netanyahu luxury. As PM he said he would sell it and so money was spent to rip out the expensive classified systems installed and the plane was put into storage but there are only a handful of airlines that still operate the 767 today it is mostly used by cargo companies and as the thing is 20 years old its an almost impossible thing to sell. So we had a plane kept in storage indefaintly which in itself cost money and when Bennet & Lapid went abroad they chartered ELAL planes so we had already spend millions to buy a plane but for image purposes the PM prefered to us tax money to charter aircraft. Netanyahu did the right thing by having the systems put in again and using it. Lapid made the whole plane more expensive because he was worried about image.