Comptroller Report

'Systematic failures': Israel Police carried out illegal surveillance for years, probe finds

The report examines the police’s growing reliance on technological surveillance tools for law enforcement purposes, including wiretaps, cyber tools, and the collection of communications data.

High Court Justice Daphne Barak-Erez arrives for a hearing on petitions calling to halt or substantially limit State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman’s investigations into the failures surrounding the Hamas's October 7 massacre, December 29, 2025; illustrative.
Israel Elections: A polling station in Jerusalem, as Israelis vote in their general elections, on March 23, 2021.

February 2024 local elections plagued by widespread financing irregularities, report reveals

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past a public bombshelter with illustration of Israeli soldiers, in northern Israel, September 10, 2025

Israel unprepared for war: One-third of population lacks shelter access, state audit reveals

(Illustrative) People hold Hamas flags as Palestinians gather after performing the last Friday of Ramadan to protest over the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, May 7, 2021.

Jerusalem in danger of October 7-style invasion due to failed border security, special report says


Too many haredi women studying education with few prospects for employment

The report noted that while the number of haredi men and women in higher education increased over the course of the first program by 48%, the targets set were missed by some 20%.

INCREASED INTEGRATION of Haredim into the workforce has resulted in a record-low poverty rate in the Haredi sector.

Comptroller spokesperson: Gantz is not under criminal suspicion

Gantz's company was paid only NIS 4 million of the NIS 50 million it might have gotten for the full deal, since his company only carried out a pilot program before going bankrupt.

Former IDF chief of staff and Blue and White Party Leader Benny Gantz speaks following the March 14 rocket launches towards central Israel, 2019.

IDF needs to replace current helicopters with new ones ASAP

Comptroller report says prolonging life of the Yasur helicopter is liable to endanger human life.

An IAF Yasur helicopter, often used in search-and-rescue missions

Comptroller: The police acted improperly in dealings with Gantz’s company

Gantz’s spokesperson rejected any criticism, saying the comptroller report was focused on criticizing the police.

Leader of Blue and White party Benny Gantz speaks on February 28, 2019

Comptroller: Home front dangerously vulnerable, rescuers are ill-prepared

Report finds that police purchases violate conflict of interest principles.

SOLDIERS FROM the Home Front Command evacuate a mock victim during an earthquake drill in Holon, in this file photo.

Comptroller as fourth branch of Israel’s parliamentary democracy

First Vice President pf EUROSAI and head of the Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic Milosla Kala stressed importance in sharing information and experience in order to strengthen audit power.

State Comptroller Yosef Shapira

Comptroller weighs examination of health ministry over measles outbreak

The Ministry of Health is facing intense criticism for their "ineffective" efforts into containing the outbreak of the measles virus.

A vial of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and an information sheet is seen at a hospital

Aviv Kochavi, Sara Netanyahu and whether the comptroller still matters

There was a time where top officials blamed by the comptroller were forced to resign – or at least considered damaged goods, unfit for further promotion.

Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi briefs US military representative Joseph F. Dunford

Comptroller: Defense R&D disconnected from IDF needs

A lack of proper record-keeping, noted Shapira, could lead to a loss of organizational knowledge if any of those key individuals were no longer available to the division.

State Comptroller Yosef Shapira

Comptroller blasts short-sighted management of national water supply

"The Water Authority has implemented a short-sighted series of operations in the water sector," State Comptroller Joseph Shapira said.

Pools of waste water are seen at a sewage treatment plant in town of Safed in northern Israel