Matanyahu Englman

'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.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
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.
First responders at the scene where dozens of toddlers were suspected to have been badly poisoned at a daycare in Jerusalem. January 19, 2026.

Jerusalem daycare tragedy exposes years of neglect, lawlessness, and failed oversight - editorial

What unfolded in Jerusalem was not merely a tragic accident. It was the foreseeable result of a prolonged erosion of governance, oversight, and responsibility.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
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.

Gov’t tells High Court it lacks authority to order state inquiry into October 7 failures

The government told Israel’s High Court of Justice it has no authority to compel a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 failures, citing separation of powers.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
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

The report also addresses problematic employment practices, including cases in which lists paid salaries to candidates who were themselves running in the elections.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

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