hit everything that moves with weapons and ammunition", adding: "I don't think we have to show pity for anyone who wants to kill us." Following Ehud Olmert's resignation as party leader, Sheetrit ran for the party chairmanship. However, he came third out of the four candidates in the election, receiving only 8.5% of the vote. Placed seventh on the party's list, he retained his seat in the 2009 elections In early 2011, he and another MK sprayed air freshener in the Knesset, complaining about the "stench of bad politics". Both MKs were escorted out and speaker Reuven Rivlin condemned the actions. As head of the Knesset Science and Technology Committee, he spoke at the international Wikimania conference held in Haifa in 2011. Hatnuah On 1 December 2012, Sheetrit joined Tzipi Livni's new party, Hatnuah. He disagreed with Livni's decision to run as part of the joint Zionist Union list with the Labor Party in the 2015 elections, opted not to contest the elections. Sheetrit contested in the 2014 Israeli presidential election, coming second with 31 votes in the first round, and losing in the second round with 53 votes. Reuven Rivlin won with 63 votes. Post-Knesset Career Sheetrit ran for Mayor of Yavne in 2018 under a local electoral list, but was defeated by Zvi Gov-Ari, winning 20.4% of the vote to Gov-Ari's 58.4%. in November of 2021, Sheetrit was appointed to a committee formed to choose a new Attorney General, but decided to forego membership of the committee following public backlash. References External links 1948 births Living people People from Errachidia 20th-century Moroccan Jews Moroccan emigrants to Israel Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Likud politicians Kadima politicians Hatnua politicians Ministers of Education of Israel Ministers of Finance of Israel Ministers of Housing of Israel Ministers of Internal Affairs of Israel Ministers of Justice of Israel Ministers of Transport of Israel Members of the 10th Knesset (1981–1984) Members of the 11th Knesset (1984–1988) Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996) Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999) Members of the 15th Knesset (1999–2003) Members of the 16th Knesset (2003–2006) Members of the 17th Knesset (2006–2009) Members of the 18th Knesset (2009–2013) Members of the 19th Knesset (2013–2015) Mayors of places in Israel People from Yavne Bar-Ilan University alumni Candidates for President of Israel