Shaked names this portfolio as his price for joining a coalition. The party's only published poll, by Midgam in June 2025, put it at 1.4 percent, which is well under the threshold and would give it no seats at all.
Who they are
Born in Netanya in 1953, Shaked studied chemical engineering at Ben-Gurion University and fought as a signals officer at the Suez Canal in the Yom Kippur War. He launched one of Israel's first online stores in 1994 and co-founded the online gambling firm 888 the following year with his brother Aharon. A Labor member for over forty years, he was one of the first recruits to the Geneva Initiative and ran for the party leadership in 2021 and 2024. He is not Ayelet Shaked and is no relation.
Positions and record
Crime in Arab towns: Names it the party's central mission and wants the security portfolio himself to run a national programme against it.
Peace: Backs a six-stage plan that sets a target date to end the war and ends in an agreement with the Palestinian leadership.
Inequality: Campaigned in 2005 as a self-described socialist millionaire demanding a sharply higher minimum wage.
Where they stand
Holds the party line on every issue.