'Corruption Worse Than Iranian Threat'

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The corruption manifest in Israeli leadership and the society as a whole is more worrisome than the Iranian nuclear threat, former chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. (res.) Moshe Ya'alon said Monday.

"I lose more sleep over the corruption in the country than from the Iranian bomb," Ya'alon said at a conference on the leadership crisis in the country organized by the Movement for Quality Government in Israel, a government watchdog group.

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The former IDF chief, considered a top contender in the political arena in the future, said that Israel was facing an unquestionable "leadership crisis" as a result of moral and professional failings of the political and military leadership.

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In his address, Ya'alon also cited four "centers of power" that had a secondary role in the corruption of society as a whole: those who try to influence and buy power and the media with money; the Israeli media, which he said was "mostly shallow, superficial, manipulative, and not credible;" the 'spin-masters,' whom he said have become experts in media manipulation; and the Supreme Court, which, he said, has overstepped its authority in some cases, taking authority in areas out of the purviews of its responsibility.

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