Comptroller Report

Israel entered Gaza war without emergency plan for electricity, energy sectors, probe finds

A report by State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman revealed that Israel entered the October 7 war without an updated, fully implemented emergency framework for the electricity and energy sectors.

 View of the Power Station in Hadera, on Janury 27, 2018.
Israel's burial grounds shortage is worse than that predicted by the state comptroller in 2024.

Israel might be on verge of burial crisis with cemeteries struggling for burial space

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.

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

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


Defense Ministry failed to see holes in US-Israel military aid – report

Regarding safeguarding local Israeli defense producers, the report said that the Defense Ministry budget for purchases in recent years has been NIS 12 billion.

WITH ONE gesture, Netanyahu, seen here with Donald Trump, could return the Palestinian cause to center-stage diplomatically while sabotaging new Arab alliances.

Millions of shekels wasted on unbuilt residence for PM

Had the project been built, protests would not be taking place in a residential neighborhood.

An image grab taken from an AFP video shows a vehicle belonging to the Israeli police at the entrance to the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 2, 2018.

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.