Knesset to hold plenum vote to approve panel’s decision to grant immunity to Gotliv

By Sam Sokol 17 June 2026, 11:51 am

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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 Tally Gotliv at a Knesset House Committee session, Jerusalem, June 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Lawmakers in the Knesset are set to hold a plenum vote to approve a parliamentary panel’s decision to grant MK Tally Gotliv immunity from criminal prosecution this morning, a month after the firebrand Likud lawmaker was indicted for repeatedly exposing the identity of a Shin Bet officer.

The Knesset House Committee voted 11-3 on Monday to grant Gotliv immunity from criminal prosecution over a series of social media posts from 2024 in which she identified anti-government protest leader Shikma Bressler’s partner as a Shin Bet agent. It appears that the motion will not be subject to the legislative boycott by Haredi parties.

Any immunity granted, however, would expire at the conclusion of the current Knesset’s term in the coming weeks.

Gotliv does not dispute the charges and repeatedly maintained throughout the committee’s hearings that her actions were justified.

The Lod District Court ruled yesterday that Gotliv does not enjoy automatic parliamentary immunity from a civil defamation lawsuit filed against her by Bressler.