In a letter dated April 20, the Shin Bet informed Katz that the agency\u2019s director, David Zini, had conducted \u201can additional review regarding the need for confidentiality of certain investigative materials in the case in question.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe examination revealed that national security reasons require the confidentiality of the investigative material,\u201d read the letter, a partially redacted copy of which was obtained by several Hebrew media outlets.<\/p>\n
According to Ynet, Katz was also warned by Baharav-Miara that intentionally delaying the filing of an indictment against Gotliv would be an illegal act.<\/p>\n
\t In January 2024, Gotliv posted on social media that the partner of Shikma Bressler, a key leader of the protest movement against the government\u2019s judicial overhaul agenda, was a Shin Bet agent, ostensibly violating the 2002 Law for the Shin Bet which prohibits disclosing the identity of an agent.<\/p>\n The controversial lawmaker has claimed that her actions are protected by her parliamentary immunity as an MK, although critics have said that disclosing the identity of a Shin Bet agent does not qualify under the parliamentary immunity criteria of a lawmaker fulfilling their duty as a member of Knesset.<\/p>\n There are two types of parliamentary immunity for MKs: substantive immunity, which applies to actions that are directly related to an MK\u2019s official duties and mostly applies to their freedom of speech, and procedural immunity protecting MKs from being put on trial while in office but which must be actively granted by the Knesset.<\/p>\n Gotliv, responding to Katz\u2019s decision to finally pave the way for the indictment against her, accused him of proving himself \u201cincapable\u201d of governing.<\/p>\n \u201cKatz made a fatal mistake yesterday and surrendered to the senior bureaucracy that is weakening the government and persecuting the right,\u201d she fumed. \u201cThis is bitterly disappointing \u2014 and has proven that another minister is incapable of governing.\u201d<\/p>\n Since entering the Knesset in November 2022, Gotliv has established a reputation for making incendiary claims against protest groups and accusing the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet of \u201cworking for terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n Bressler, a physicist, shot to national prominence as one of the most visible leaders of the nationwide protest movement that sprung up in early 2023 against the government\u2019s judicial overhaul plans that critics said would undermine democracy in Israel.<\/p>\n Jeremy Sharon contributed to this report.<\/p>\n
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