Labor MK said to arrive for questioning over leak of classified Knesset panel protocols

7 April 2025, 8:54 am

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Labor MK Gilad Kariv has arrived for questioning at Israel Police’s Lahav 433 major crimes unit over allegations that he leaked classified information from a closed-door hearing of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, the Ynet news site reports.

During the meeting in question, on June 13, 2023, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a classified security briefing to the committee members. MKs were not permitted to bring their phones to the meeting but leaks from it were published in December.

Last year, a statement from Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana’s office said he had contacted Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara after ordering his own internal Knesset probe that apparently pointed to Kariv as the culprit behind the leaks.