Olmert. Corrupt
Photo: Tess Scheflan, Jini
Livni. Honest
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The Sderot Conference for Social and Economic Policy presented on Wednesday its annual corruption survey.
The survey, conducted by the Maagar Mohot Institute, spanned 551 participants, who were presented with various questions regarding the performance of public officials in Israel in 2007.
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Sderot Conference for Social and Economic Policy reveals its annual corruption survey. Poll indicates 69% of Israelis believe politics, government are corrupt
Leading the most-honest ministers' list was Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni - 46% voted her the most honest politician. Education Minister Yuli Tamir came in second with 40% and Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz came in third, with 34% voting him the most honest politician.
Among the Knesset members, MK Tzachi Hangebi (Kadima) was chosen by 40% of those polled as most corrupt, 38% chose Opposition leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) and 32% chose MK Esterina Tartman (Yisrael Beiteinu) as most corrupt.
Some 44% of those polled chose MK Shelly Yacimovich (Labor-Meimad) as the most honest MK, with Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik coming in second (41%) and MK Ran Cohen (Meretz-Yahad) coming in third (34%).