Current sectionIsrael NewsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeThe Education Ministry building in Jerusalem. The minister's people are operating a secretive mechanism whose purpose is to silence educators who criticize the government. Credit: Emil SalmanInternal documents reveal how an Education Ministry committee, headed by a former Shin Bet operative, monitors left-wing and Arab educators over social media posts, protest activity and political speech | A Haaretz investigation12:51 PM • May 21 2026 IDTIt is a 14-page file that was never meant to see the light of day. An internal document, file number 23-178. Its title: "Information Gathering Report – Yaron Avni." Written three years ago, it tracked the activities of Avni, then a counselor at the Democratic School in Hod Hasharon. Those were the days of the protest movement against the judicial overhaul, and Avni, like many others, wrote passionately against the government's initiatives.In the NewsThe Secret Israeli Unit Spying on Teachers Who Criticize the GovernmentBen-Gvir Vies for Next National Security Term or Someone on His BehalfTrump, Netanyahu Had Tense Call Over Iran War Disagreements, Report SaysIran Impasse Drives Trump's Indecision and Netanyahu's Urgency to Restart WarAs Israel Heads to Elections, Netanyahu Needs WarRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHundreds Protest at New York Times HQ Over Column Alleging Abuse by IsraelisICC Prosecutor Seeks Warrants for Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, Other Israeli OfficialsEverybody Loses in the Cynical Israeli-Palestinian Sexual Violence CompetitionIsraeli Settler Filmed Abusing Palestinian-owned Dog in West BankWelcome to the Most Shameful Day in the Jewish CalendarIsraeli Teens Storm Muslim Quarter in Old City, Haaretz Reporter Attacked