Current sectionOpinionHaaretz EditorialShare 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 formatSubscribeHaaretz Editorial02:01 AM • July 19 2026 IDTThe request by the Shin Bet security service director, David Zini, confirms the concerns that preceded his appointment: Last week, Haaretz learned that Zini had asked the attorney general to let his agency summon and question journalists over an alleged leak to Channel 12 News about the February attack on Iran.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Shin BetIsraeli politicsBenjamin NetanyahuAttorney General of IsraelIsrael's MediaDavid ZiniChannel 14CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesSettler ViolenceU.S.-IranIsraeli SurveillanceNetanyahuNSO in MoroccoIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastZini's Dangerous Bid to Unleash the Shin Bet on JournalistsIsrael Takes an Arab Israeli City's Last Open Land – and Gives It PollutionMeet Israel's Newest Prison GuardsIsraelis Protest Nationwide Against Netanyahu Gov't, Haredi Draft Evasion LawsWhy Some View the World Cup Final as a Proxy for the Israel-Palestine ConflictRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?The Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the Country103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic VoteI Joined Rep. Ro Khanna on His West Bank Visit. Here's What I SawThe Week the Democrats Defined the Israel-Palestine Debate for 2028