Mossad again denies Likud MK’s claim that spy chief met with anti-overhaul protest leader

The Mossad issues a statement strongly denying a conspiracy theory promoted by Likud lawmaker Tally Gotliv.

“The head of the Mossad never met, talked to or summoned Shikma Bressler to a meeting,” the spy agency says in a statement via the Prime Minister’s Office.

“This is the second time that Knesset member Gotliv is spreading baseless lies,” the statement reads.

Gotliv repeats the claim, minutes after the Mossad denial.

Gotliv first boosted the conspiracy theory about the meeting between the Mossad and Bressler, a leader of the protest movement against the government’s contentious judicial overhaul, on October 3. Then too it was denied by the Mossad.

Since entering the Knesset, Gotliv has established a reputation for making incendiary claims, such as accusing the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet of “working for terrorists.”