State comptroller

Knesset holds secret ballot vote for state comptroller, PM’s attorney, retired Justice face off

The State Comptroller’s Office has oversight over the country’s public administration, integrity, and quality of services, and the state comptroller is elected by secret ballot.

Knesset members vote for State Comptroller in secret ballot, June 3, 2026.
Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, February 16, 2026.

Comptroller withholds NIS 150,000 from Likud over party membership oversight failures

 Former National Security Council head Tzachi Hanegbi seen at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2025

The crucial role of Israel’s next national security adviser - opinion

An illustration of a cyber board with an Israel flag.

Critical vulnerabilities left government systems, sensitive data, open to cyberattacks during war


IDF, comptroller reach compromise to probe October 7 massacre in 2025

The deal came after 11 months of fighting, under High Court pressure.

 A tour with the families of the abductees in Kibbutz Beeri

Comptroller: Health Min. did not ensure IVF unit problems were fixed prior to embryo swap incident

Health Ministry reviews in 2018 and 2019 found significant issues in the IVF units, some of which were "significant and related to the quality and safety of care."

 Matanyahu Englman - The State Comptroller of Israel, Local Government Conference 2024

High Court sets climactic deadline in comptroller, IDF battle over Oct. 7

Supreme Court justices hint at lifting freeze on IDF review after October 7 investigation stalls.

 THE HIGH Court of Justice has been a paper tiger in everything concerning the Netanyahu bloc’s interests, says the writer

National Insurance has not updated cyber security policies in a decade, State Comptroller says

The National Insurance Institute gets tens of thousands of alerts of cyber attacks a day that must be examined by a lone analyst manning the cyber control center.

 National Insurance

Israel drops in global AI rankings, lacking national strategy, leadership - state comptroller

The report criticized a failure by the government to follow the recommendations of professional committees and allocate sufficient budgets.

 Words reading "Artificial intelligence AI", miniature of robot and toy hand are pictured in this illustration taken December 14, 2023.

State Comptroller: Tax Authority missed NIS 3b from crypto

The State Comptroller stressed the need to examine how to collect taxes from the cryptocurrency market before the government raises taxes for the public.

 Engleman at the Israel Bar Association conference

Comptroller: Israelis buckling under high cost of living, gov't must do more

"The State of Israel is characterized by high concentration in the food market," said the comptroller. "We cannot accept the lack of action by government officials regarding concentration."

 A CUSTOMER shops for groceries at a Rami Levy supermarket branch, in Jerusalem.

State comptroller: Israel's health funds struggling to serve North and South

The periphery will also likely be more severely impacted by the Health Ministry’s reform, doctors who studied in Israeli institutions are primarily concentrated in Jerusalem, the country’s center.

 Matanyahu Englman - The State Comptroller of Israel, Local Government Conference 2024

'Voice for the Voiceless': State Comptroller Englman praises Israeli accountability reforms

Englman also tackled the use of auditing institutions to tackle fraudulent uses of artificial intelligence technology.

 Matanyahu Englman, State Comptroller of Israel and President of The European Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions, giving a speech at the 160 year anniversary of the Romanian Court of Account, September 20, 2024.

Not a single official has taken responsibility appropriately since October 7 - comptroller

A review of the state during the war is complex but critical, he concluded.

 Engleman at the Israel Bar Association conference