Former IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon told a Jerusalem conference Monday that government corruption is a greater threat to the country than Iran. He explained to the Movement for Quality Government that it is possible to deal with the threat from Iran but that corruption "is an internal and secret threat."
Ya'alon said the leadership crisis in Israel stems from moral and professional failures. He charged that the political culture in Israel has forgotten the principle that "when a person fails, he should accuse himself and not others."
The former Chief of Staff also attacked the current system whereby senior police and army officers advance according to their political opinions and their friendships with those in power instead of according to their professional abilities.
Ya'alon said the leadership crisis in Israel stems from moral and professional failures. He charged that the political culture in Israel has forgotten the principle that "when a person fails, he should accuse himself and not others."
The former Chief of Staff also attacked the current system whereby senior police and army officers advance according to their political opinions and their friendships with those in power instead of according to their professional abilities.