Tali Gottlieb Says Most of Shikma Bressler’s Libel Suit Was Rejected

MK Tali Gottlieb of Likud responded to a District Court decision in the defamation lawsuit filed against her by Prof. Shikma Bressler, saying she wanted to clarify the record after media reports.

In a post on X, Gottlieb said that one day after the Knesset Committee determined that she had substantive parliamentary immunity, the District Court issued a ruling she said took about a year and a half to write. According to her, the court rejected most of Bressler’s lawsuit outright on the grounds of parliamentary immunity.

Gottlieb said the court carved out only two specific issues from the dismissal, claims about Bressler’s meeting with the head of the Mossad and claims about intercepted conversations between Bressler’s partner and Yahya Sinwar. She said the judge found that more factual clarification was still needed regarding her sources, and would later decide on immunity in that matter.

The MK added that the clarification she was asked to provide regarding source immunity had already been sent to the court. She also attacked Channel 13 reporter Aviad Glickman, saying, “It did not stop Aviad Glickman from publishing that my request for immunity was dismissed outright. I was happy to clarify.”