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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

State Comptroller report

Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman attends the Eli Horowitz Conference for Economy and Society, organized by Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem, May 22, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 16, 2024, 8:17 pm
State comptroller finds wage gap, underrepresentation of women in local government
Report also finds persistence of ‘real gaps in all areas of life between Ethiopians and the rest of the Jewish population’ decades after primary waves of immigration
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the arrival of a DHL freight plane transporting the first batch of Pfizer vaccines at Ben Gurion Airport on December 9, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
May 29, 2024, 7:26 pm
State comptroller slams Netanyahu for sealing Pfizer COVID vaccine deal by himself
Ombudsman says PM should have involved the ‘Corona cabinet’ that was set up to oversee Israel’s response to pandemic, criticizes ex-PM Bennett for also acting alone
By ToI Staff
An Israeli health worker prepares a coronavirus vaccine shot against COVID-19, at a health clinic in Katzrin, on November 16, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
May 21, 2024, 8:04 pm
Ombudsman: Health Ministry didn’t check 82% of reports on COVID vaccine side effects
Comptroller says ministry failed to sufficiently combat vaccine misinformation during pandemic, made decisions on vaccine’s safety based on incomplete data
By ToI Staff
Protesters march to the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 2, 2024 (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 3, 2024, 3:13 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 3: Day 180 – Knesset protests, Haredi draft and maybe Israeli cocoa
Political correspondent Sam Sokol looks at anti-government protests, yeshivas and the army; reporter Sue Surkes discusses comptroller’s environment report and a possible new crop
By ToI Staff
Pedestrians on Balfour Street, in the section closed to cars, with the Prime Minister's Residence behind them, December 24, 2021. (David Horovitz/Times of Israel)
April 2, 2024, 6:48 pm
Comptroller slams ‘scandalous’ delays, waste of public funds in renovating PM residence
State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman says NIS 56 million has been spent unnecessarily in securing private residences for Netanyahu, Bennett, Lapid while construction underway
By ToI Staff
Israelis protest against the soaring housing prices in Tel Aviv and cost of living, on July 2, 2022.(Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 8, 2024, 6:12 pm
State comptroller urges MKs to better tackle high living costs as war impact bites
Prices in Israel are 27% higher on average than in OECD member countries, due to a lack of competition and operational inefficiencies at the ports
By Sharon Wrobel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a State Control committee meeting in the Israeli parliament during a discussion about the Operation Protective Edge report, on April 19, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 22, 2023, 1:44 pm
‘Frogmen, hang gliders, kidnapped Israelis’: Netanyahu described Hamas’s plans in 2017
Footage of Knesset hearing on 2014 Gaza war shows PM claiming he’d deterred terror group; premier lays out Hamas’s murderous plans, which came to fruition on Oct. 7, in eerie detail
By ToI Staff
The Police Internal Investigations Department in Jerusalem, phhotographed on July 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 2, 2023, 7:33 pm
Ombudsman: Consider removing unit probing police misconduct from prosecutor’s office
In annual report, state comptroller warns of conflicts of interest due to PIID’s ‘institutional association’ with State Attorney’s Office that could undercut its independence
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of fruit and vegetables in the Mahane Yehuda market, October 13, 2017. (Stuart Winer/Times of Israel)
May 2, 2023, 4:00 pm
Number of Israelis harmed by pollution more than doubled in past decade — ombudsman
Annual state comptroller report slams agriculture and health ministries for failing to control pesticides, pillories Environment Ministry for not tackling environmental damage
By Sue Surkes
Vials of a potential coronavirus vaccine are seen on an assembly line in a photograph released by the Israel Institute for Biological Research on October 25, 2020. (Defense Ministry)
March 15, 2023, 12:58 am
Researchers oversold Israeli COVID shot, wasted millions on flop — comptroller
State ombudsman faults Defense Ministry institute for mishandling project and misleading officials on costs, timetable and ability to produce homegrown vaccine
By ToI Staff
View of the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on December 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)
February 4, 2023, 6:00 pm
PM’s office said mulling halt to work on official residence in favor of new building
Report says Netanyahu’s staff to discuss matter in coming days; ongoing renovations at Balfour compound estimated to cost around $30 million, last another 2-3 more years
By ToI Staff
File: View of the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on December 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 23, 2023, 12:29 am
PMO reportedly revives plan for ‘Israeli White House,’ but at a steep cost
Netanyahu’s staff said searching for architect to oversee long-stalled combined residence and office for PM, a project that will likely cost over $350 million
By ToI Staff
File: Families of Abera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed hold a press conference calling for the release of the two Israeli citizens from Hamas captivity, on September 6, 2018. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)
January 3, 2023, 6:09 pm
Comptroller slams undefined role of Israeli negotiator for release of Gaza captives
Matanyahu Englman says PMO never detailed post’s responsibilities, has only ‘minimal’ information about work done; captive’s relative says meeting had been ‘void of content’
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative. An IDF soldier from the C4I Corps types on a computer. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 6, 2022, 6:09 pm
IDF cybersecurity failures could lead to stolen identities, warns state comptroller
In sweeping report, Matanya Englman finds lapses in securing soldiers’ dental records and fingerprints, as well as in education, transportation and Tax Authority systems
By ToI Staff
A Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security committee hearing regarding sexual abuse claims in Gilboa Prison, August 3, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 28, 2022, 5:17 pm
1 in 4 female conscripts in police, prisons sexually harassed or abused — ombudsman
Report largely based on survey of servicewomen; State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman says pimping scandal at Gilboa Prison appears to be ‘tip of the iceberg’
By Jeremy Sharon
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