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Most Israelis believe government corrupt, poll shows
Sderot Conference for Social and Economic Policy reveals its annual corruption survey. Poll indicates 69% of Israelis believe politics, government are corrupt
The Sderot Conference for Social and Economic Policy, which opens Tuesday, will reveal a concerning fact about the Israeli public – 69% of it believes Israeli politics and government are corrupt.
The Sderot Conference, which is hosted by the Sapir College, will present its annual public corruption survey in its opening session, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Monday.
Sderot Conference
Yael Branovsky
Sderot Conference, Sapir College's fifth annual social resilience survey shows public has little faith in public, governmental systems; 73% are embraced by public corruption, 75% are concerned about ongoing Palestinian conflict
Forty percent of those polled said they thought governmental corruption in Israel runs deep, as opposed to 9% who thought the government was not corrupt, or only slightly corrupt.
According to the poll, 59% believe the political parties in Israel were the most corrupt, 44% said the Knesset members and government were the most corrupt, while 39% mentioned the local municipalities as being the most corrupt bodies in Israel.
Nearly a third of Israelis – 29% – said they believed the police are corrupt, and 12% said the same of the IDF.
"Sderot's corruption survey demonstrates clearly that corruption is public enemy number one. The public knows that corruption is not a victimless crime," Sderot Conference founder Major-General (Res) Uzi Dayan said.
