Majority of Israelis view regime as corrupt: Poll

According to the survey conducted for Israel’s Channel 2, some 72 percent of the respondents said they believe officials are corrupt.
 
In the survey, 16.9 percent of the interviewees said Israel is a very corrupt entity, while 55.7 percent classified it as rather corrupt.
 
Meanwhile, 58 percent of the respondents think judges are not impartial, but rather are influenced by media view points when giving their rulings.
 
Asked on personal connections within the high ranks of power, 90 percent said they think it is essential to be personally acquainted with people in top positions in order to get things done.
 
In recent years, many high-ranking Israeli officials have been caught in corruption scandals.
 
In the latest case, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being questioned by police over inflated household spending.
 
The questions are expected to focus on whether the Israeli premier’s wife used state funds to finance maintenance work and new furniture for the family’s private residence in the coastal town of Caesarea.
 
The criminal investigation into spending of public funds at Netanyahu’s home was launched five months ago, based on a comptroller’s report issued in February 2015 and evidence supplied by a former chief caretaker at the prime minister’s residence.