Born in
Rehovot, Leibovitch gained a BA in international relations and political science at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a law degree from the
College of Management. For the
2003 elections he was placed 13th on Shinui's list, and entered the Knesset when the party won 15 seats. During his first term, he was a member of the
Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, the Committee on the Status of Women, the Committee on Foreign Workers, the Committee on Drug Abuse, the Committee on Foreign Workers, the Economic Affairs Committee and the State Control Committee. Following a split in the party in January 2006, Leibovitch and
Ehud Rassabi were left as the only two sitting MKs in Shinui. He was placed third on the party's list for the
2006 elections, but lost his seat when the party failed to cross the
electoral threshold. ==References==