Tel Aviv - Sixty years after their state was founded, Israelis are most proud of their high-tech industry, and most disappointed with corruption in the government, an opinion poll published Wednesday said.

Some 63 per cent of those polled mentioned the high-tech industry when asked which of Israel's accomplishments they were most proud of, the poll in the Yediot Ahronot daily said.

More than 79 per cent said they were disappointed with the corruption.

Some 56 per cent said they were also let down by the wide socio- economic gaps between the different strata of society.

Nearly as many said they were unhappy with the education system, plagued by low teachers' wages and large classes of up to 40 pupils.

Menahem Begin got the highest rating (31.4 per cent) when those questioned were asked who Israel's best prime minister was.

He was followed by Israel's founder and first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, who received 28.6 per cent.

Begin, who served as prime minister from 1977 to 1983, signed Israel's first ever peace agreement with an Arab state, Egypt, but ended his career in controversy over Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon.

The poll questioned 500 adult Israelis and had a margin of error of 4.4 per cent. (dpa)