Olmert (right) at his trial on corruption charges in 2009 (Reuters)
Wadih Awawdeh - Haifa
A new international research confirms that Israel was involved in the corruption of an unprecedented scale as evidenced Society Transparency International, through its branch in Israel that the latter won the 5.8 mark ten degrees in what is known scale, transparency, and it occupies the 36th place among 183 countries covered by the measure of corruption.
Within the United States and international development cooperation, Israel occupies the new scale of corruption ranked 25, followed by Turkey, Italy and Greece with the countries of occupied Arab spring ranks low in the scale of corruption is still in Egypt is ranked 112 and 129 ranked Syria and Libya is ranked 169.
And confirms the Member of the Board of Directors of Transparency International - Israel - Amnon you have to "disappointing results", which won by Israel in the area of corruption should trigger a red light in the public at large and decision makers alike, and cautioned statement to the Hebrew Radio Thursday from the low image of Israel in the world and the occurrence of negative economic impact due to corruption.
CorruptionKnown as the international coalition to combat corruption and the supervisor of the standard annual that the phenomenon means of power and influence for personal gain while based Association of Transparency International - a branch of Israel - in elaborated on the ranking of countries annually based on 17 source of information from various points of the participation of experts and businessmen.
Was released in Israel in 2009 a book by researcher and journalist Aryeh Avnery entitled "Scream, O earth corrupt" tackle corruption in Israel, a phenomenon exacerbated and spread as a "cancer cells" affects even the security establishment, is also accused of media Hebrew central shift of horns in the service of capital, which contributed Ba_i_ra of corruption.
The Israeli writer stresses that corruption in Israel reaches the top of the political level, considering major former government of Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert most corrupt in the history of the Jewish state.
Corruption of partiesIt is noteworthy that a number of senior Israeli officials had tried to convict them of theft and abuse of authority of the graft and some of them are still under detention, and most notably former finance minister Avraham Hirchson.
A poll conducted by the Institute, "Magar Mochot" in 2008 that 72% of Israelis believe that the regime in Israel is corrupt and that the parties most corrupt institutions.
And compare the number of observers of Israeli conferences strategy as a conference Herzliya national security in recent years between corruption and the Iranian nuclear bomb in terms of danger to Israel, including deputy Communist Dov Hanin, who warned that corruption is signed by the victims and hits the immune state and undermine the castle from within.
Emphasizes in his nostalgia for the island revealed that occupation contributes to the spread of phenomena assault on the public interest and that the culture of power fueling the spread of bribery and nepotism in Israel warning that reveals nothing more than a tip of the iceberg.
He continues, "at least in my opinion is a dangerous political corruption based on the purchase of receivables involved in the coalition government and preference for state leaders to their own interests and maintain their seats on peace, equality and justice."
On the other hand, observers believe that the others detect a major corruption scandals and the prosecution of senior politicians demonstrates the growing strength of those facing corruption.
Source: Al Jazeera