Opposition leader Isaac Herzog says government efforts, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to increase political appointments will lead to more corruption in the public sector.
The cabinet reportedly appointed a special committee to look into the issue.
“The public sector is the basis for the rule of law. State employees are not a punching bag and any damage they suffer harms the foundations of the State of Israel,” he tells the weekly Zionist Union faction meeting.
On Sunday, Netanyahu reportedly said he thought the government should be able to make political appointments, as is done in the US, according to Haaretz.
“The meaning of giving tenders to cronies will be employing 100 more police investigators and building two more prisons, that’s it.” Herzog says.
— Raoul Wootliff
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