Gofman says AG ‘not acting in good faith’ in case against his appointment as Mossad head

15 May 2026, 12:24 pm

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From L to R: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, September 30, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90); Incoming Mossad head Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman arrives at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on February 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Roman Gofman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pick to lead the Mossad, accuses Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara of acting in bad faith, in her case against his appointment.

In a notice filed with the High Court of Justice, Gofman’s lawyer says that Baharav-Miara’s account of a recent meeting between his client and a senior Mossad official was “not true (to put it lightly).”

“It is very unfortunate that the attorney general, who is supposed to be a [democratic] gate-keeper, is not acting in good faith toward an IDF major general,” the lawyer says, referring to Gofman. “There isn’t room here to elaborate and detail all the procedural flaws [Baharav-Miara] has caused.”

The Attorney General’s Office filed a notice to the court yesterday morning informing it of two meetings Gofman held with officials in the Mossad after his appointment as the next head of the spy agency was approved.

The legal officials said Gofman should have told the court in the framework of the petitions against him, but the court quickly dismissed the attorney general’s concerns, saying the meetings and what was discussed in them weren’t relevant.

Jeremy Sharon contributed to this report.