The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/knesset-state-comptroller-committee/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:26:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Knesset State Comptroller Committee | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/knesset-state-comptroller-committee/ 32 32 Schools to stay closed, gathering restrictions remain unchanged until end of week https://www.timesofisrael.com/despite-missile-fire-israel-preparing-to-reopen-schools-in-some-areas-this-week/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:13:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3772972 Home Front Command says tighter restrictions to remain hours, forcing education minister to walk back announcement that schools could resume operating in certain areas

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]]> Placing blame elsewhere, Netanyahu shares his answers to state comptroller’s Oct. 7 probe https://www.timesofisrael.com/placing-blame-elsewhere-netanyahu-shares-his-answers-to-state-comptrollers-oct-7-investigation/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 04:15:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3749179 PM releases selective quotes portraying security chiefs and political rivals as opposed to toppling Hamas, though before 2023 attack he wrote that he opposed 'conquering' Gaza when Bennett pushed to do so in 2014

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]]> 15 years after deadly Carmel blaze, state still ‘underfunding wildfire protection’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/15-years-after-deadly-carmel-blaze-state-still-underfunding-wildfire-protection/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:21:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3702768 Knesset committee hears how lack of cash impacting pilot firebreak project, maintenance, water provision, firefighting personnel

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]]> National task force unveiled to deal with drone dangers https://www.timesofisrael.com/national-task-force-unveiled-to-deal-with-drone-dangers/ Mon, 01 Jan 2018 16:07:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1762372 With rise in incidents involving remote-controlled aircraft, better coordination needed between ministries and security agencies, MKs hear

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]]> Knesset speaker ‘disgusted’ by Likud MKs who yelled at bereaved families https://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-speaker-disgusted-by-likud-mks-who-yelled-at-bereaved-families/ Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:23:48 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1604188 Yuli Edelstein expresses 'deep sadness' after shouting match between lawmakers and parents of fallen soldiers

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]]> PM’s office slams Likud MKs for shouting match with bereaved parents https://www.timesofisrael.com/pms-office-slams-likud-mks-for-shouting-match-with-bereaved-parents/ Wed, 19 Apr 2017 21:44:32 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1603032 Lawmakers David Bitan and Miki Zohar ‘harmed attempts‘ to involve families of fallen soldiers in discussion about 2014 Gaza war

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]]> Saying tunnels not existential threat, IDF head admits hitting them from air https://www.timesofisrael.com/saying-tunnels-not-existential-threat-idf-head-admits-hitting-them-from-air/ Wed, 22 Mar 2017 09:43:38 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1585389 Revealing that air force is destroying tunnels during reprisal attacks, Gadi Eisenkot tells lawmakers the passageways are a serious threat but shouldn't be exaggerated

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]]> Opposition lambasts government ‘neglect’ over home front report https://www.timesofisrael.com/opposition-lambasts-government-neglect-over-home-front-report/ Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:50:20 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1515076 State Comptroller's findings 'reinforce the sense of most Israelis that everything has been neglected,' charges Zionist Union chief Isaac Herzog

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]]> PM’s associates, ex-AG sabotaged original ‘Bibi Tours’ probe, charges MK https://www.timesofisrael.com/pms-associates-ex-ag-sabotaged-original-bibi-tours-probe-charges-mk/ Tue, 24 May 2016 14:39:33 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1397772 Weinstein worked to 'plaster over affair, drag feet and sabotage comptroller's work,' claims Zionist Union's Yoel Hasson

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]]> Storm leaves 15,000 households without power, again https://www.timesofisrael.com/storm-leaves-15000-households-without-power-again/ Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:27:58 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1274385 New outages come hours after power company fixes electrical grids damaged in previous storm

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]]> Knesset committee to probe defense budget irregularities https://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-committee-to-probe-defense-budget-irregularities/ Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:18:50 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=617336 Comptroller report found funding to security forces in 2011 increased by tens of millions of shekels that weren't reported

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]]> Knesset committee to launch probe into ‘Prisoner X’ affair https://www.timesofisrael.com/security-official-prisoner-x-died-of-shame/ Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:16:37 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=376878 Security official tells Israeli TV that Ben Zygier was offered plea bargain, but took his own life 'out of shame'

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]]> Netanyahu on Zygier affair: Let the security forces do their jobs https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-on-zygier-affair-let-the-security-forces-work-in-peace/ Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:25:46 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=376226 MK Uri Ariel calls for independent probe of Mossad case that ended in suicide; Labor's Cabel says his past inquiry into matter was discouraged by intelligence officials

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]]> State comptroller wraps up report into alleged misconduct among military brass https://www.timesofisrael.com/state-comptroller-wraps-up-report-into-alleged-misconduct-among-military-brass/ Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:02:35 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=302280 Defense minister, former chief of staff given copies of investigation into so-called Harpaz affair

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]]> Families fume during Carmel blaze meeting: ’44 people were killed, not 44 cockroaches’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-says-lack-of-fire-fighting-aircraft-was-fundamental-problem-in-carmel-disaster/ Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:00:02 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=187114 Netanyahu blames disaster on lack of firefighting planes

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