Matanyahu Englman

High Court urged to lift Oct. 7 audit freeze, hold semi-classified hearing

The original ruling did not permanently bar the comptroller from auditing the events of October 7, but temporarily froze work on eight defined “core” audits while

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.
 Homes are destroyed, following the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel November 2, 2023

My Word: The painful probe into October 7 - opinion

Homes in kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, which were burned and runied during the October 7 massacre, August 7, 2025.

'Failures must be fixed': Englman blasts delayed Gaza border communities rebuild in new report

Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaking at the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 26, 2026.

'October 7 could have been prevented': Lapid accuses Netanyahu of working to cover up failures


'Israel's lack of long-term planning harming economy,' comptroller says

Englman said that the government is focused on investing in the short term, and even when it sets long-term goals, it does not meet them.

 State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman attends the Eli Horowitz Conference, organized by Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on May 22, 2024

Comptroller: 60% of IDF purchases fail quality control tests

This issue is exacerbated, the report noted, by the fact that the IDF does not report comprehensive data on quality control failures to the Defense Ministry, which manages the purchases.  

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englmann attends a press conference to announce the opening of an investigationn into Israel's Mount Meron disaster, at the State Comptroller offices in Jerusalem, May 3, 2021.

The time has come for an investigation into the October 7 failures - opinion

There are those who argue and say “not yet,” who say “wait until the war is over.”

 STATE COMPTROLLER Matanyahu Englman: Agencies, including the IDF, must adhere to his request for material and information relating to the investigation into the October 7 attack, the writer notes.

State Comptroller to Netanyahu, Halevi: 'Cooperate on examination of Oct. 7'

He also added that the citizens of Israel had the right to receive answers regarding the event. 

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englmann attends a press conference to announce the opening of an investigationn into Israel's Mount Meron disaster, at the State Comptroller offices in Jerusalem, May 3, 2021.

Israel's state comptroller to probe transfer of funds to Hamas

Matanyahu Englman's office had already begun the investigation process upon procurement of Shin Bet computers and documents.

 A Palestinian whose house was destroyed during Israel's offensive, shows money distributed by Hamas in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip January 28, 2009.

Israel's comptroller to kickstart October 7 probe without IDF approval

Matanyahu Englman demanded that Halevi meet with him one-on-one in the near future to finalize the details of how the IDF will cooperate with the comptroller probe.

 IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi attends a ceremony of the Aharai! Youth Program, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on June 17, 2022

State comptroller's report exposes Israel's risky earthquake unpreparedness

Some 60% of hospitals are not resistant to earthquakes, and only about 5% of educational institutions have been or are being reinforced.

 A view shows semi collapsed buildings in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Hatay, Turkey February 15, 2023.

After Morocco, Israel could be next to suffer massive earthquake

Israel is located at the juncture of the African and Arabian tectonic plates and, therefore, faces an elevated seismic threat. Experts say a major earthquake is not a matter of if, but when.

 A man gestures next to emergency workers on the rubble, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Amizmiz, Morocco, September 10, 2023.

Israel's education system suffers severe gaps, Jews favored in schools

Matanyahu Englman: "There must not be some children who are worth more and other children who are worth less."

 Arab students seen at the campus of "Givat Ram" at Jerusalem's Hebrew University on the first day of the new academic year, October 26, 2014.

Israel State Comptroller outlines plan to mitigate the huge risk posed by AI

Englman laid out the State Comptroller's plan to assess the readiness, regulation, and implementation of AI in public-state systems.

 Artificial Intelligence illustrative.