Comptroller Report

Israel entered Hamas war with weakened domestic weapons-production capacity, probe finds

The report examined Israel’s ability to preserve domestic production of weapons, raw materials, components, and infrastructure used by the defense establishment and the IDF.

A TAMMUZ MISSILE launched from an IDF tank.
Foreign workers in the construction industry with Eldad Nitzan, chairman of the foreign manpower corporations.

Israeli government under pressure to overhaul foreign worker policy

 Transportation Minister Miri Regev holds a press conference ahead of Israel's 76th Independence Day Ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, on May 8, 2024

Comptroller: Miri Regev's Transportation Ministry fails to prepare for new emergencies post-Oct. 7

 People queue as Israelis are evacuated from the southern town of Sderot, near Israel's border with Gaza, October 15, 2023

Gov’t, IDF had no approved mass civilian evacuation plan pre-Oct. 7, comptroller report finds


Comptroller: Prosecution, police process to correct investigation abuses is deficient

Prisoners released in huge numbers with little rehabilitation.

POLICE RAID Mea She’arim, April 20

Rabbinical courts must improve waiting times says state comptroller

Several courts significantly exceeding targets for average waiting times for child support, child custody, Rabbinical Courts Administration digital services insufficient.

THE RABBINICAL court of Tel Aviv. It has been said that rabbinical courts allow men to hold back consent to divorce their wives in order to extort the women into agreeing to unfair overall terms.

Comptroller: Land Authority doesn't have a plan

The ILA manages some 93% of Israeli public lands, and is in charge of authorizing the transfer of land rights, rezoning land, and providing permits for building changes.

The shmita (sabbatical) year comes once every seven years. The Torah commands us to stop working the land and let it lie fallow, leaving its yield to any man or animal.

IDF is only 22% protected from drone attacks - comptroller report

IDF intelligence suffering because of the move from North to South.

An Iranian Shahed 171 drone dropping a bomb as part of a military exercise in the Gulf, in Iran

IDF's treatment of mental health 'insufficient' - Comptroller

One in four soldiers uses the army’s mental health services and meet with either a psychiatrist or mental health officer • report also finds deficiencies in the way that IDF handles firing ranges

IDF's mental health officers drill

Israel unable to educate children during COVID-19 – comptroller

The Education Ministry failed to map how much computers, laptops and Internet service packages are needed, the report warns – nor does it know when it will be able to.

Ultra-Orthodox children wearing face masks at their school in the city of Rehovot, May 24, 2020

Delays, inefficiency mar Israel’s response to coronavirus – comptroller

The State Comptroller’s Report details problems in the government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak on a number of fronts.

Ichilov Medical team at the coronavirus unit, in the Ichilov hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 28, 2020.

End Shin Bet surveillance of corona-infected citizens – comptroller

Comes out against PM stance, but carefully • agency violated privacy in four cases

Israel Police prepare for new coronavirus lockdown regulations, Sept. 25, 2020

IDF not prepared for chemical weapons attack

Englman recommended that the commander of the land forces lead a campaign to improve combat units’ readiness for chemical weapons warfare.

The IDF Home Front Command drills gas a chemical weapons attack against Israel in 2013.

Israel will not reach its energy goals - comptroller

In early 2020, the state failed to reach its goal in wind-turbine produced power, 2.6 megawatt to the 730 megawatts that were called for.

A worker stands next to parabolic mirrors tracking the sun at the research site of solar power company Brenmiller Energy in Israel's Negev desert