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  Noam Schalit (father of Gilad) announces run for Labor Party list
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AuthorGIL HOFFMAN AND TAMARA ZIEVE
MediaNewspaper - Jerusalem Post
News DateTuesday, January 10, 2012 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionLabor leader Shelly Yacimovich followed up on journalist Yair Lapid's announcement that he was forming a new party by revealing on Monday that Labor would have a celebrity of its own on its Knesset slate: Noam Schalit.

Schalit, an engineer for the Iscar company owned by US billionaire Warren Buffett, gained fame for waging a fiveyear struggle to bring home his soldier son, Gilad. Now he hopes his fame can help him build a political career.
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