It's become an all-too-familiar pattern. Last week former prime minister Ehud Olmert, justfive months out of office, was indicted on fraud and tax-evasion charges. He was the latest in a long string of high Israeli officials to run afoul of the law. One former president, Moshe Katsav, is now on trial for rape and sexual assault, anotherbarely escaped bribery charges, and two former cabinet members recently began serving jail sentences for corruption. Prosecutors are now deciding whether to indict the sitting foreign minister, Avig-dor Lieberman, for bribe-taking as well. All of which invites the question: just why are Israeli politicians so dirty?
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