State comptroller

Netanyahu government's assistance to northern Israelis 'incomplete,' comptroller says

A long-term plan doesn't exist, which is essentially what is preventing around half of residents from returning to their homes. 

View of a large fire in open areas near Kadita, in the Galilee area, northern Israel, on June 12, 2024
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich seen at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 7, 2024

Comptroller: Israel failed to protect, revive small businesses after October 7 massacre

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, March 25, 2025

Smotrich allegedly pays thousands in misused for social media ad campaign

 A toy lies in front of a house in Nir Oz ahead of the first demolition of a building since the October 7 massacre, to make way for the rebuilding and renewal of the kibbutz, in December

Comptroller perplexed, suspicious of IDF's opposition to hand over Oct. 7 documents


Where is gov't? October 7 survivors, freed hostages ask state comptroller

One fourth of the kibbutz were either killed or kidnapped on October 7; of the 59 hostages still held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas, 14 are from the Nir Oz.

 State Comptroller Matanyahu Engleman meets with members of Kibbutz Nir Oz on Sunday, May 11, 2025.

Comptroller to examine Israel's care for freed Gaza hostages and their families

This audit focused on the treatment of returnees, their families, as well as families of current hostages.

Demonstrators protest for the release of hostages outside the home of Ron Dermer, in Jerusalem, April 13, 2025

Israel will face massive climate disasters this summer, Herzog warns

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman also announced his third investigation into the govt's handling of the climate crisis, this time focusing on local governments.

 Matanyahu Englman (R), Isaac Herzog, and Dr. Dov Khenin speak at the Climate Forum meeting at the president's residence in Jerusaelm, April 3, 2025.

Comptroller warned Netanyahu, Gallant of border security negligence ahead of October 7

The report comes along with Englman’s new report on Tuesday, which slammed border security on the northern border during the mid-2023 period.

 An illustrative image of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, then-defense minister Yoav Gallant and State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman.

Comptroller warned PM, IDF, Gallant of border security negligence before Oct. 7

If the August 2023 warning had been heeded, Englman’s criticisms might have prevented the invasion.

 THE ARREST warrants, which the ICC issued against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, are ridiculous, absurd and baseless, the writer asserts.

State audit to probe Shin Bet’s Oct. 7 failures, 'in principle' IDF as well - report

The audit of the Shin Bet will look into "all matters related to the core issues concerning the October 7 failures."

 State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman (illustrative)

IDF probes don't reveal full extent of October 7 failures, comptroller says

Englman argued that the IDF and Shin Bet conducting investigations separately rather than collaborating results in an incomplete picture of the failures of October 7.

 State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman (illustrative)

IDF, Shin Bet chiefs preventing audit into October 7 failures, comptroller says

Englman mentioned that the defense ministers cooperated from the start, but full cooperation from the IDF and Shin Bet is still lacking.

 (Illustrative) State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman and IDF Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi over a backdrop of the IDF Kirya military headquarters.

Failures to define region's border impacted Gaza border area evacuees - comptroller

The Knesset Economic Affairs Committee met on Monday to prepare for the second and third reading of a bill addressing expanded rehabilitation for the Tkuma Region.

An Israeli flag flutters in front of the remains of a building, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel October 22, 2023

Israel’s mental health crisis: Fear and blame won’t fix it - opinion

Instead of fixating on incomplete statistics, we need to focus on practical reforms that will make a real difference.

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Knesset factions used loans to cover election deficits, comptroller’s report finds

Four organizations that received state funding were found in violation of funding rules and will have a total of NIS 120,000 deducted from future state allocations.

 STATE COMPTROLLER Matanyahu Englman condemned the assignment of female cadets in the IDF officers’ course to guard terrorists who committed violent acts of sexual assault and murder on October 7, the writer notes.