With Shin Bet Director Zini rushing to fulfill Netanyahu's wish and investigate reporters, the cost of leaking information increases. Soon, the only ones who will be able to do it are ministers and their associates, who use leaks to promote their interestsNoa Landau02:29 AM • July 19 2026 IDTTwo weeks ago, I warned in these pages that Benjamin Netanyahu is aggressively pressuring Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to accede to his demand that leakers and those who publish leaked information from cabinet sessions be prosecuted. He often does this through his emissary, Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs, and at other times, he does it himself. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Shin BetIsraeli politicsAttorney General of IsraelIsrael's MediaCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesSettler ViolenceU.S.-IranIsraeli SurveillanceNetanyahuNSO in MoroccoIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastNetanyahu Gov't Leaks State Secrets and Punishes Those Who Report on Its CrimesZini'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 LawsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?103 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