Matanyahu Englman

Police enforce prostitution law unevenly, trafficking victims face visa barriers, comptroller finds

The audit, conducted from December 2024 through July 2025, examined enforcement of the law, investigations into trafficking for prostitution, protection of victims, and decisions on residence visas.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
A prostitute in Israel waiting for a client.
Attorney Michael Rabello, candidate for the State Comptroller seen at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 1, 2026.

Israel to be left without state comptroller after Supreme Court freezes Rabello's election

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that in the second round of voting in the election for state comptroller, a substantive flaw occurred regarding the secrecy of the ballot.

|ByGILAD MORAG
Volunteers pack kits to distribute to young families in Jerusalem, during war between Iran and Israel, June 15, 2025.

Israel failed to coordinate NIS 14.8 billion in October 7 volunteer aid, probe finds

The audit, published on Tuesday, focused on the state’s relationship with volunteer groups, charities, philanthropic bodies, and civilian initiatives that assisted the home front after October 7.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
The entrance to the Bibas family home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, near Gaza border, in southern Israel, February 25, 2025

IDF's October 7 defense failure was at root of evacuation breakdowns, gov't probe finds

Englman added that the evacuation system lacked an orderly IDF response, clear command-and-control arrangements with Magen David Adom, and timely coordination of handover points.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

World War III will be a cyber war but the world isn't ready - comptroller

Israel's State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman explains the deficiencies of Israel’s public cybersecurity

JUNE 29, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY
Israel's State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman is seen addressing Cyber Week at Tel Aviv University, on June 29, 2022.

State foot-dragging on erasing criminal records problematic

In June 2021, 830,000 individuals had criminal records in the police database.

MAY 10, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
An Israel Police forensic investigator is seen at the scene of the crime in Beit Shemesh on October 30, 2021

Comptroller: State failed to protect security, economic interests from cyberattacks

Engleman criticized the police cyber unit for only spending a small number of days, usually up to 10 days and at maximum still only one month, investigating these cases.

MAY 10, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman

Laundered titles and a flying white elephant - opinion

Many have suggested that the plane ought to be sold, but that is impossible because of the secret technologies built into the plane.

MARCH 20, 2022BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
THE PRIME MINISTER’S plane, a Boeing 767, lands at Ben-Gurion Airport after its first test flight, in November 2019.

State Comptroller Englman picks new IDF, defense establishment auditor

Brig.-Gen. (res) Eitan Dahan was the state comptroller's pick for the position of director of the Defense Audit Division.

FEBRUARY 14, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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 start-up nation status must be fought for - comptroller

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman leads an international report on transforming the global workforce.

DECEMBER 26, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
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.

Comptroller: Gov’t has failed to help, police Bedouins in the Negev

In a report on the status of the Bedouin population in the Negev, State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman slammed a wide number of government ministries and authorities.

AUGUST 4, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
UMM AL-HIRAN, a Bedouin village in the southern Negev.

How independent is State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman?

The true picture is far more complex than is often portrayed.

MAY 23, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
ON THE scene in Meron after the Lag Ba’Omer disaster, May 4