Likud MK Tally Gotliv appears to violate law prohibiting revealing name of cop under investigation

Likud MK Tally Gotliv appears to violate a law prohibiting revealing the name of the high-ranking police officer who is being investigated, identifying the suspect in a social media post.

The officer, who bears the rank of deputy commissioner, was detained by and questioned by investigators in the Department of Internal Police Investigations (DIPI) for hours last night on suspicions of breach of trust and abuse of authority.

In a post on X, Gotliv derides DIPI head Keren Bar-Menachem and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara as “criminals” for their role in the probe, which she alleges is being conducted without solid evidence or suspicions.

In a later post, she writes that the investigation constitutes “scary and dangerous corruption,” and alleges that the suspect is being punished for standing up to improprieties in the Sde Teiman video leak investigation.

Gotliv was tapped last month to join the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, which frequently deals with sensitive matters.

Her apparent violation of the law draws criticism from Democrats MK Naama Lazimi, who refers to an earlier incident in which Gotliv allegedly broke the law by revealing the name of a Shin Bet agent.

“Tally Gotliv again breaks a gag order and reveals the identity of the suspected officer in a video she posted,” Lazimi writes on X. “She cannot be allowed access to classified material.”