Meir Sheetrit: Difference between revisions

| caption= Sheetrit in 2009

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|10|10|df=y}}

==Early life==

In 2005, Sheetrit left Likud and joined [[Ariel Sharon]]'s new [[Kadima]] party. He was [[Israeli legislative election, 2006|re-elected in 2006]] and appointed [[Housing and Construction Minister of Israel|Minister of Housing and Construction]], a post he held until July 2007, when he was appointed [[Internal Affairs Minister of Israel|Minister of Internal Affairs]]. Between 23 August and 29 November 2006, he also served as [[Acting (law)|Acting]] Justice Minister following [[Haim Ramon]]'s resignation on 18 August over an indecent assault indictment. Sheetrit was replaced in the Justice portfolio by [[Tzipi Livni]], who also continued to serve as Foreign Minister.

In February 2008, whilst Israeli airstrikes in [[Gaza strip|Gaza]] were ongoing, Sheetrit told [[Army Radio]] that: "If it were up to me, I would 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."<ref name="haaretz">{{cite news |last=Ravid|first=Barak|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/olmert-no-one-in-hamas-will-be-immune-against-war-we-wage-1.240223|title=Israeli airstrikes kill 10 in Gaza|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Haaretz]]''|date=27 February 2008|accessdate=1 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="latimes">{{cite news |last=Boudreaux|first=Richard|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/28/world/fg-gaza28/2|title=Israeli airstrikes answered with rockets|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''|date=28 February 2008|page=2|accessdate=1 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="nbcnews">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/23367091/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/t/israeli-airstrikes-kill-least-gaza/#.VjdPOiucegY|title=Israeli airstrikes kill 10 in Gaza|work= |location= |publisher=''[[NBCNews.com]]''|date=27 February 2008|accessdate=1 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="jordantimes">{{cite news |last=Abunimah|first=Ali|url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/writers/israeli-minister-threatens-holocaust%E2%80%99-public-demands-ceasefire-talks|title=Israeli minister threatens ‘holocaust’ as public demands ceasefire talks|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Jordan Times]]''|date=3 March 2008|accessdate=1 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="aljazeera">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2008/02/200852514235893619.html|title=Israel bombs Gaza interior ministry|work= |location= |publisher=''Al Jazeera''|date=28 February 2008|accessdate=1 December 2015}}</ref>

As head of the Knesset Science and Technology Committee, he spoke at the international [[Wikimania]] conference held in Haifa in 2011.<ref name="themarker">{{cite news|url=http://it.themarker.com/tmit/article/16395|title=Wikimania Conference at Its Peak; Founder Jimmy Wales to Speak Tomorrow|work=[[TheMarker]]|date=5 August 2011|author=Levin, Verony|accessdate=12 August 2011|language=he}}</ref>

On 1 December 2012, Sheetrit joined [[Tzipi Livni]]'s new party, [[Hatnuah]].<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4314440,00.html Livni secures 7 MKs to split Kadima], Ynetnews, 2 December 2012</ref> He disagreed with Livni's decision to run as part of the joint [[Zionist Union]] list with the [[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]] in the [[Israeli legislative election, 2015|2015 elections]], opted not to contest the elections.<ref>{{cite news|title=Veteran MK Meir Sheetrit: I will not be in the next Knesset|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Veteran-MK-Meir-Sheetrit-I-will-not-be-in-the-next-Knesset-385780|accessdate=18 March 2015|date=25 December 2014}}</ref>

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*{{Official website|http://www.sheetrit.co.il/}}

| NAME = Sheetrit, Meir

| DATE OF BIRTH = 10 October 1948

| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Er Rachidia|Ksar es Souk]], Morocco