Joseph Shapira

Report blasts Regev on handling of Diaspora for Independence Day ceremony

Report also attacks irregularities in gifting ceremony tickets.

Miri Regev
Arlozorov Bus Station in Tel Aviv

State comptroller: Public transport in worsening, costly crisis

Netanyahu and Shapira

Netanyahu must return $300,000 to tycoon donors: Comptroller Ct’ee says

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem

PM blasts comptroller for denying access to funds for legal defense


A-G: Netanyahu to return legal defense funds if Comptroller disapproves

In mid-January, State Comptroller Joseph Shapira referred the issue to Mandelblit for legal consideration.

Netanyahu and Shapira

Comptroller refers PM legal defense funds issue to A-G

Netanyahu received illegal funding from his cousin, Nathan Milikowsky, amounting to $300,000.

Netanyahu and Shapira

Comptroller: IAI gave millions, perks to union reps with no accountability

Shapira’s review led to arrests

The logo of state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the country's biggest defence contractor, is seen at their offices next to Ben Gurion International airport, near Or Yehuda, Israel February 27, 2017.

Netanyahu cannot use donations to finance his defense team

"Legal expenses arising from a criminal investigation, which includes a suspicion of criminal acts in connection with various capital owners, should not be carried out by financiers."

State Comptroller Joseph Shapira‏

Comptroller fines Likud hefty sum for Likudiada

Normally clean Yesh Atid, Hatnua also fined.

State Comptroller Joseph Shapira‏

Air pollution, defective construction and corruption plague the state

Israel's comptroller reported on the faulty infrastructure creating a threat through out the state.

Israel's high-speed trains will race 100 mph along a network of eight bridges and six tunnels that constitute one of the largest infrastructure projects in Israel’s history

Jewish Agency, health ministry blasted over failures in watchdog report

Comptroller blasts gov’t for deficiencies in medical, natural gas and Jewish Agency areas in annual report.

Israeli soldiers of the Caracal battalion carry their comrade on a stretcher during a 20-kilometer march in Israel's Negev desert, near Kibbutz Sde Boker

Analysis: Bibi Tours gone in the blink of an eye

The comptroller wrote that Netanyahu, like other ministers, failed to consult the proper committee on whether receipt of the travel funds violated the law.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Special report blasts Netanyahu for 'Bibi Tours Affair'

Attorney General, Comptroller fight over need for criminal probe.

Netanyahu and Shapira

Shapira: Rafael ‘failed to competitively hire experts’

Comptroller report published on deficiencies in IDF investigations, West Bank building violations, intelligence, handling of contributions.

An IDF soldier stands guard during a tour made by Israeli parliament members in the Jordan Valley [File]

State Comptroller report faults lack of transparent tender process in government-owned defense giant

State Comptroller says he took a "severe view" of the harm caused by Rafael to the principles of equality and fairness in tenders among potential competitors.

State Comptroller Joseph Shapira