Comptroller Report

'Systematic failures': Israel Police carried out illegal surveillance for years, probe finds

The report examines the police’s growing reliance on technological surveillance tools for law enforcement purposes, including wiretaps, cyber tools, and the collection of communications data.

High Court Justice Daphne Barak-Erez arrives for a hearing on petitions calling to halt or substantially limit State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman’s investigations into the failures surrounding the Hamas's October 7 massacre, December 29, 2025; illustrative.
Israel Elections: A polling station in Jerusalem, as Israelis vote in their general elections, on March 23, 2021.

February 2024 local elections plagued by widespread financing irregularities, report reveals

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past a public bombshelter with illustration of Israeli soldiers, in northern Israel, September 10, 2025

Israel unprepared for war: One-third of population lacks shelter access, state audit reveals

(Illustrative) People hold Hamas flags as Palestinians gather after performing the last Friday of Ramadan to protest over the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, May 7, 2021.

Jerusalem in danger of October 7-style invasion due to failed border security, special report says


State comptroller to review government's conduct in coronavirus crisis

The review will look into the conduct of relevant authorities and areas in which the coronavirus pandemic has been managed.

STATE COMPTROLLER Matanyahu Englman.

Israel lacks national foreign policy strategy, comptroller warns

Englman also criticizes Finance Ministry for trying to close seven diplomatic missions without doing research on how it will influence Israel's foreign relations

U.S. President Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu at the unveiling of Trump's "Deal of the Century," January 28, 2020

'Coronavirus highlights urgency to fix Israel’s broken healthcare system'

Comptroller: ‘It is recommended that the various offices work to simplify unnecessary bureaucratic procedures’

An empty hospital bed at Hasharon Hospital

When should the comptroller’s coronavirus report have been published?

The new comptroller makes his mark.

Matanyahu Englman

New comptroller changes makeup of committee ruling on PM legal fees

Previous c’tee rejected Netanyahu’s request to finance defense with tycoon donations.

Matanyahu Englman

The comptroller revolution no one saw coming - Analysis

12 years ago, Micha Lindenstrauss took the office of the state comptroller from obscurity to prime time.

Head of New Right party Ayelet Shaked

NGO asks High Court to block comptroller from approving tycoon loan to PM

Once they resigned their posts, they no longer had ongoing or current conflicts of interest to receive donations, the committee said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises to do all he can to build a coalition in a press conference Monday 27.05.2019

Comptroller: 61% of complaints against Health Ministry valid

As in past reports, a major issue with the Health Ministry has been that the government body is too restrictive in approving the medical use of cannabis.

A man examines cannabis plants, grown in Israel for medical marijuana use.

Comptroller committee gives Netanyahu deadline to turn over financials

PM accuses committee violences rights to finance legal defense

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu.

Pre-election privacy harmed by turf wars

Even the most sensitive information is not properly protected, despite the potential harm that could be caused to the state or the public by the release of the information.

State Comptroller Yosef Shapira