Poll: Hanegbi most corrupt minister; PM makes top five

By Haaretz Service

An opinion poll released at this week's Sderot conference on Israeli society shows that the public views Tzachi Hanegbi as Israel's most corrupt cabinet minister, Omri Sharon the most corrupt member of Knesset, and his father, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, as one of the five most corrupt members of the cabinet.

Following Hanegbi in the rankings of the public's perception of the most corrupt ministers were Agriculture Minister Yisrael Katz, Education Minister Limor Livnat, Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and the prime minister. All are members of the Likud, save Sharon, who quit the party this week to form a new faction.

Second to Omri Sharon in the Knesset rankings was Shas MK Shlomo Benizri, followed by Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) and Roni Bar-On of the new Sharon faction.

Respondents polled cited outgoing Labor Housing Minister Yitzhak Herzog as the least corrupt minister, with Tzipi Livni of the Sharon faction, Shimon Peres of Labor, Likud Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and Likud Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom rounding out the group.

The legislators viewed as least corrupt were Shinui leader Yosef Lapid, Avigdor Lieberman (National Union), Avraham Poraz (Shinui), and newly elected Labor Chairman Amir Peretz.

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