A Shin Bet agent has filed a petition with the High Court of Justice after the Knesset voted to grant Likud MK Tally Gotliv immunity from prosecution for exposing his identity.
The petition, filed by the security agent’s attorney, requests that the court overturn the Knesset’s decision.
“In its decision to grant immunity from prosecution to someone who revealed the name of an agent, the 25th Knesset is sending a message to all members of the secret services that they should expect their lives to be turned upside down for the sake of momentary political interest,” reads an excerpt of the petition cited by Channel 12.
The criminal case against Gotliv deals with a series of social media posts from 2024 in which she identified the Shin Bet agent as the partner of anti-government protest leader Shikma Bressler, while promoting baseless conspiracy theories linking him to Hamas and insinuating that he bore responsibility for the October 7, 2023, terror onslaught.
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