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Poll: 90% of public believes Israeli leadership rife with corruption
By Haaretz service
Tags: Israel, Corruption, Survey

An Israel Democracy Institute poll has found that 90 percent of the public believes Israel's leadership is riddled with corruption.

According to the annual report on the state of Israeli democracy, presented on Monday to President Shimon Peres, only nine percent of the respondents said there was little corruption in Israel and over half (51 percent) thought that corruption was a prerequisite to becoming part of the political elite.

In addition, the report found that after many years of approval the Supreme Court was not a trusted institution, as such, the public's support for it has eroded from 61 percent approval in 2007 to 49 percent this year.
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The public's trust in the office of prime minister was only 17 percent, the report found. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is currently under suspicion of illicitly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from American fundraiser Morris (Moshe) Talansky.

Public trust in Israel's presidency was also very low - 22 percent - after declining from 47 percent in 2007. This is apparently in light of allegations of sexual assault against former President Moshe Katsav.

The most favored institution was the Israel Defense Forces, trusted by 71 percent of the survey's respondents.

The media was trusted by 36 percent of respondents and the police by 33 percent, while political parties garnered a mere 15 percent.

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      1.   They don`t care 14:25  |  David 10/06/08
      2.   The Green Movement 14:28  |  Optimist 10/06/08
      3.   The other 10%??? 14:33  |  CPE 10/06/08
      4.   In response to #1 14:40  |  CPE 10/06/08
      5.   ONLY 90 %.....??? 15:05  |  Robert 10/06/08
      6.   Talansky should be applauded for sticking his neck out 15:20  |  Dror 10/06/08
      7.   easy to break, hard to repair 15:26  |  soggy liberal 10/06/08
      8.   If it is this bad, there is absolutely no confidence 15:27  |  Dror 10/06/08
      9.   What this means is it`s time for the courts to indict Olmert 15:42  |  Dish It Out 10/06/08
      10.   the other 10% 15:46  |  just me 10/06/08
      11.   The rest of the cronies and accomplices 15:47  |  Dror 10/06/08
      12.   90% of the public believes......... 16:31  |  Zoe 10/06/08
      13.   does democracy mean corruption? Or is it the culture? 16:35  |  dav zee 10/06/08
      14.   How and why we are... 16:52  |  Esther 10/06/08
      15.   I never thought that Israel could get that low. 17:20  |  S 10/06/08
      16.   Likud to put dissolution of govt up for vote 17:53  |  Dror 10/06/08
      17.   Sad ..... 20:25  |  JW 10/06/08
      18.   Save State of Israel of itself ? S.O.S 20:32  |  H.H.M. 10/06/08
      19.   corruption necessary? 20:33  |  ecr 10/06/08
      20.   This is not a surprise... 20:37  |  Ulf 10/06/08
      21.   Of Course, Israelis, after all, have elected Terrorists before 20:58  |  POP 10/06/08
      22.   occupation the father of corruption 21:13  |  a.j. 10/06/08
      23.   IT`S WHY ISRAEL GETS NO RESPECT! 17:52  |  dav zee 23/09/08
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