The Shin Bet officer whose identity MK Tali Gottlieb (Likud) allegedly exposed has petitioned the High Court of Justice to cancel the parliamentary immunity the Knesset granted her, according to the officer's petition. The development escalates the legal battle surrounding Gottlieb's exposure of security personnel.
MK Tali Gottlieb's request for parliamentary immunity, granted by the Knesset, is now being challenged directly by the Shin Bet officer whose name she allegedly exposed. The officer filed a petition with the High Court of Justice on Wednesday seeking to have the immunity canceled, arguing that it harms his personal and family security.
This is the first direct legal action by the affected security personnel themselves in the affair. The Knesset's House Committee had earlier approved Gottlieb's immunity request, drawing intense criticism from the opposition, the Shin Bet, and the Attorney General, who has warned that the immunity endangers state security. Former Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein, of Gottlieb's own Likud party, said he would vote to strip her immunity, questioning whether the right would stay silent if Arab MKs had revealed Mossad and Shin Bet agents.
The petition escalates the immunity battle from the political to the judicial arena. The High Court's decision could set a precedent on the limits of parliamentary immunity when security personnel allege concrete harm from an MK's actions.
2 developments
- DevelopingSoldier exposed by MK Gottlieb petitions Knesset to strip her immunity: 'Sacrificing lives for momentary political gain'
- StrongShin Bet: MK Tali Gottlieb Endangered Senior Security Service Member and Family
- DevelopingOpposition coordinator demands MK Gotliv answer for revealing Shin Bet agent's name
- DevelopingOpposition demands secret ballot on MK Gotliv's parliamentary immunity
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