Matanyahu Englman

Israel was unprepared for 10,000 Palestinian security prisoners during war, report finds

Overcrowded prisons and the sudden release of senior Hamas figures during the Gaza war reportedly harmed Israeli security and delayed legal proceedings for October 7 attacks.

 Protesters gather outside Sde Teiman detention facility after some of them broke in, after Israeli military police arrived at the site as part of an investigation into the suspected abuse of a Palestinian detainee, near Beersheba, in southern Israel, July 29, 2024.
State Comptroller and Ombudsman Matanyahu Englman addresses the final EUROSAI Governing Board meeting held under his presidency in Rome, May 2026.

European audit leaders honor Israel’s state comptroller at final EUROSAI board meeting

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

An illustration of a cyber board with an Israel flag.

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


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.

Israel to host 2024 EUROSAI regional audit org congress

Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman is set to become president of EUROSAI, replacing the Czech Republic's Miloslav Kala.

 State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman

Israel's comptroller to roll out climate audit ahead of COP28

Matanyahu Englman warns: If Israel does not make "fundamental changes" in its attitude toward climate, "COVID-19 will only be the prelude to what will happen in years to come."

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.