 For the 2009 elections he was placed fifteenth on the Labor list, but lost his seat as Labor were reduced to 13 representatives.However, he re-entered the Knesset on 13 April 2010 as a replacement for Yuli Tamir, who had resigned her seat.For the 2013 elections he was placed seventeenth on the party's list, and lost his seat again as the Labor Party won only 15 seats.