Ayelet Shaked
Ayelet Shaked is an Israeli former politician, activist, and software engineer. She served as Minister of Interior from 2021 to 2022 and as Minister of Justice from 2015 to 2019. Between 2013 and 2021, she was a representative in the Knesset as a member of The Jewish Home from 2013 to 2018, and then as a founding member of the New Right from 2018 to 2019 and again from 2019 to 2020. Shaked also served as the leader of the defunct right-wing electoral alliance Yamina. Despite her tenure in The Jewish Home, a religious political party, she has identified as a secularist.
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Jul 23, 2026
Far Right
Mentioned as not being included in Erdan and Edelstein's new party.
Her exclusion highlights fractures within the right-wing; Religious Zionism may support her independent stance.
Jul 6, 2026
Center
Also in talks with Hendel about future political cooperation.
Yesh Atid is wary of Shaked's far-right past but acknowledges she could bring right-wing voters away from the coalition.
Jul 4, 2026
Center
Shaked is in advanced merger talks with Edelstein to form a new party targeting secular and religious Zionist voters.
Yesh Atid views Shaked's move as further fragmentation of the right, potentially drawing votes away from Likud and making a center-left coalition more feasible.
Jul 3, 2026
Center
In advanced merger talks with Edelstein to establish a new party aligned with secular right-wing voters.
Her move away from the far-right is viewed favorably as a chance to weaken the hardline bloc and create new coalition options.