Tali Gottleib

Tali Gottleib was born in 1975 in Bnei Brak

Gotliv was born Revital Raz in Bnei Brak to Shimon and Ruth Raz and grew up in a Religious Zionist home. Her father's family were Holocaust survivors of French-Jewish origin.

She served in the IDF as an artillery instructor. She earned a bachelor's and a master's degree in law at Bar-Ilan University.

She interned at the Tel Aviv district of the State Attorney and has worked as a criminal lawyer since 2000, mainly defending people accused of sex crimes. In 2012 a judicial candidate evaluation center disqualified her, and in 2015 she became the first woman to run for head of the Israel Bar Association, finishing last. She was a panelist on Channel 13 until May 2022.

In 2019 she co-founded the Shavim party, which won 401 votes. She joined Likud and entered the Knesset after the 2022 election. She has spread claims about the 7 October attacks that the Mossad, the Shin Bet and Benjamin Netanyahu rejected as false, and she faced defamation suits.

Her statements on the Gaza war drew criticism, including from the United States Department of State. In 2026 she moved to Otzma Yehudit ahead of the election for the 26th Knesset.