Noam Shalit, announced on Monday that he intends to run for a place on the Israel Labor Party list for the next Knesset. Noam Shalit, who has been a member of the Israel Labor Party since 1996, informed Israel Labor Party chairperson, Shelly Yachimovich, of the decision. Yachimovitch congratulated Shalit, and said that the battle of Noam Shalit and his family to free GIlad started as a private battle, but turned into a battle that contained within it all the base values of Israeli society: Solidarity, Mutual support and Zionism.