Coalition members slam AG’s indictment of Gotliv for allegedly disclosing ID of Shin Bet agent

By Sam Sokol 19 May 2026, 4:05 pm

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Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

MK Boaz Bismuth chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, January 15, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition slam Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara following the announcement of charges against firebrand Likud lawmaker Tally Gotliv, who was indicted for allegedly disclosing the identity of a Shin Bet agent.

“The time has come for [Justice Minister] Yariv Levin and my friends in Likud to overcome their barrier of fear against the Attorney General—reform now,” tweets National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Boaz Bismuth (Likud) accuses Baharav-Miara of engaging in a “frame up” against his colleague, arguing that the government “must once again advance the process of her dismissal, and at the same time, examine whether she has engaged in breach of trust over her trampling of elected officials.”

The coalition voted to dismiss Baharav-Miara in August, but the decision was frozen by the High Court. The coalition is now advancing legislation to split her role into three.

Barahav-Miara is a “fired political AG who is busy 24/7 thwarting and persecuting the government and right-wing Members of Knesset,” declares Education Minister Yoav Kisch, calling on members of the Knesset House Committee “to make the right decision” and vote to give Gotliv immunity.

There are two types of parliamentary immunity for MKs: substantive immunity, which applies to actions that are directly related to an MK’s official duties and mostly applies to their freedom of speech, and procedural immunity protecting MKs from being put on trial while in office, but which must be actively granted by the Knesset.