 However, these extreme measures have been rarely used.One notable instance where a newspaper was closed temporarily was in the case of the Kav 300 affair where it was eventually discovered that the censor was used by the Shin Bet to cover up internal wrongdoings in the agency and led to one of the biggest public scandals in Israel during the 1980s.Following the incident the two main papers, "HaAretz" and "Yediot Ahronot" stopped participating in the Editor's Committee.