---
title: Movement for Quality Government in Israel (MQG)
type: advocacy
status: active
country: IL
website: https://mqg.org.il/en
logo: /assets/org-logos/mqg.png
logo_bg: light
contact:
  checked: 2026-08-01
  email: mqg@mqg.org.il
  form: https://mqg.org.il/contact
  phone: +972 2-6633400
  source: https://mqg.org.il/contact
summary: Israel's main anti-corruption and rule-of-law watchdog — strategic litigation,
  Supreme Court petitions, and civic education since 1990. Has recovered billions
  in public funds and led legal challenges against the 2023 judicial overhaul.
concepts:
- constitutional-democracy
- accountability-sink
- radical-transparency
location:
  latitude: 32.0853
  longitude: 34.7818
  name: Tel Aviv, Israel
  precision: city
rss_feed: https://mqg.org.il/feed
events:
- date: '1990-03-01'
  title: Founded as the Movement for Quality Government in Israel to combat corruption
    and promote transparency
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_Quality_Government_in_Israel
  quote: was founded in March 1990 by lawyer Eliad Shraga
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-10'
  notable: true
activity:
  dod:
    checked: 2026-07-16
    date: 2026-07-16
    note: 'Site active with current campaigns: opposing Attorney General dismissal,
      equal conscription law, and demanding a State Commission of Inquiry into Oct
      7 failures; confirms ongoing watchdog/litigation activity'
    url: https://mqg.org.il/en
  rss:
    date: 2026-07-24
    note: 'Latest post: התנועה לאיכות השלטון בתגובה לתצהירה של ח"כ שרן השכל: דורשים
      חקירה פלילית בחשד לה'
    url: https://mqg.org.il/%d7%94%d7%aa%d7%a0%d7%95%d7%a2%d7%94-%d7%9c%d7%90%d7%99%d7%9b%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%a9%d7%9c%d7%98%d7%95%d7%9f-%d7%91%d7%aa%d7%92%d7%95%d7%91%d7%94-%d7%9c%d7%aa%d7%a6%d7%94%d7%99%d7%a8%d7%94-%d7%a9/
    checked: 2026-08-17
last_checked: '2026-07-16'
---

The Movement for Quality Government in Israel (MQG) has operated since 1990 as Israel's primary watchdog organisation for government accountability, anti-corruption, and rule of law. Its approach combines strategic litigation, Supreme Court petitions, investigative research, and civic education — holding the Israeli government accountable to its own stated legal and democratic standards.

MQG has been a petitioner in landmark Supreme Court cases on corruption, conflicts of interest, government transparency, and executive overreach. It coordinates a network of lawyers, researchers, and volunteers and runs civic education programmes in schools and youth organisations on democratic values and anti-corruption.

During the 2023 judicial reform crisis — a government push to curtail the Supreme Court's authority to review executive action — MQG was one of the leading civil society organisations challenging the reforms through the courts and through public advocacy. The organisation's position was that the reforms would remove key accountability mechanisms from Israeli democratic governance without replacement.

## Work areas

- **Strategic litigation** — Supreme Court petitions on government accountability and corruption
- **Corruption investigation** — research and documentation of conflicts of interest and misuse of public funds
- **Judicial independence** — advocacy for maintaining constitutional checks on executive power
- **Civic education** — school programmes on democratic governance and anti-corruption

## Links

- Website: [mqg.org.il/en](https://mqg.org.il/en)

## See also

- [Israel Democracy Institute](israel-democracy-institute.md)
- [Darkenu](darkenu.md)