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ISRAEL receives an overall "Strong" rating in the 2006 Global Integrity Index. The Index assesses national anti-corruption policies and practices in countries around the world. For a printer-friendly .PDF version of this report click here.
This peer-reviewed country report includes:
Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for all 290 Integrity Indicators.
Reporter's Notebook: An on-the-ground look at corruption and integrity from a leading local journalist.
Corruption Timeline: Ten years of political context to today's corruption and integrity issues.
Country Facts: Statistical context for each country.
Global Integrity country reports are generated by an in-country team comprising a lead journalist (who prepares the Reporter's Notebook), a lead researcher (who initially scores the Integrity Indicators), and three to five peer reviewers. Global Integrity staff in Washington coordinate the input from all team members and are responsible for final content. For a full description of our methodology and research process please click here.
Reporter's Notebook
In June 2006, three months after losing the Israeli national election, Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview that Israeli business leaders tried to bribe him when he served as Minister of the Treasury in the previous government.
Reporters who knew the media-obsessed Netanyahu assumed he was seeking to grab headlines and place himself once again at the center of Israeli social and economic discourse. Nevertheless, such a statement would have led to a public outcry and demand for police investigation in any Western democratic country.
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