FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

On the work wall of journalist Shimon Shifer hang his photos with world leaders. Prime Ministers of Israel, from Begin to Netanyahu, American presidents, Arab leaders and senior European politicians - all these he interviewed and covered in his 45 years as a reporter and political commentator for the Israel Broadcasting Authority and Yediot Ahronoth. But behind the shocking revelations and the investigations signed by Schiffer are actually unknown people, who wanted to remain so: the CEO's secretary, the minister's assistant, the junior diplomat, the Mossad man. They, the leakers, acted for different motives, but all of them made a great contribution to the freedom of the press and Israeli democracy. Parshat "Irangate", the secret talks to sign the Oslo Accords, Obama's peace plan, the secret moves that led to the First Lebanon War, the secret meeting between the ambassadors of Israel and the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War, the Netanyahus' extravagant travels around the world,