OECD Anti-Corruption and Integrity Report Finds Pros and Cons in Israel
The OECD's 2026 Anti-Corruption and Integrity Outlook identifies strengths and weaknesses in Israel's public integrity systems, including gaps in strategy and.
> 🇮🇱🇦🇷”>Jerusalem, 28 April, 2026 (TPS-IL) — The OECD has published the Anti-Corruption and Integrity Outlook 2026, a comprehensive and up-to-date review of integrity and anti-corruption systems in 62 countries. The report is based on the Public Integrity Indicators and includes an analysis of trends, challenges and policy recommendations in the area of integrity and public sector integrity.
With regard to Israel, the report points to a number of strengths alongside gaps in implementation in the following areas:
Government strategy in the field of integrity and moral purity: Israel currently does not have a comprehensive strategic framework in the field of integrity and moral purity that meets OECD criteria, which include clear, specific, and measurable goals over time.
Lobbying: The existing regulation is partial and focused only on the Knesset; there is no parallel regulation with the executive branch, there is no central oversight body, and the level of transparency of lobbying activity is limited.
Conflicts of interest: Alongside a broad normative framework, implementation is limited – the rate of submission of declarations is not complete, and there is no central mechanism for their systematic review.
Transparency: There are shortcomings in the proactive publication of information, including the publication of tender results and conflict of interest declarations by members of the judiciary, with some of the information only accessible through freedom of information requests.
Risk and data management: Strengthening the systematic implementation of corruption risk management and expanding the use of data and analytical tools for the early detection of these risks is required.
