Ze’ev Elkin

Elkin's 'six out of 10' remark frames a broader debate on Israel's civilian reality - analysis

From a rare ministerial assessment to debates on finance, credit, and governance, a Tel Aviv forum revealed how Israel is navigating civilian challenges that extend well beyond the battlefield.

Ze'ev Elkin (L), pictured in December 2025.
 Bezalel Smotrich (L) and Ze'ev Elkin (R) shake hands amid press conference at Finance Ministry. January 5, 2025

Gov’t announces program to return residents to North starting March 1

 Eliezer (Eli) Marom ("Chayni") attends a joint meeting of the State Control Committee and the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on July 29, 2024.

Northern residents distraught as project coordinator resigns over reduced role

Inside the Knesset building.

Knesset committee reviews demographic growth plan for Golan Heights amid security concerns


Mansour Abbas offered deputy construction minister post

Israel has never built a new city for Arabs, and Abbas could have the opportunity to change that.

MANSOUR ABBAS in the Knesset.

Law to be advanced to allow Elkin to serve on rabbinical judges committee

Law will reduce ultra-Orthodox influence on the appointments committee for rabbinical judges, and preserve the guaranteed place of four women on the panel

New Hope MK Ze'ev Elkin is seen at a meeting of the Knesset Arrangements Committee.

Can the new government slow rising housing prices?

"The problem is a lack of supply in the housing market," said the co-founder of First Israel Mortgages. "The only way to bring down prices is to build more homes."

New housing units for couples in Jerusalem.

Wife of MK Elkin verbally accosted by Likud supporters near her home

"There's no reason for you to come to me with this; go to him, he's at the Knesset," she told protesters. "The only ones here are me and my children, who cry at night because of you."

"Dreyfus trial" reads a placard held by a protestor during a pro-Netanyahu demonstration outside the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday

Ahead of Israel elections, the political outliers are the heroes - opinion

Elkin, Shefa, Cotler-Wunsh and Friedman have remained thoughtful, values-driven and committed to Israel as a Jewish democratic state.

MICHAL COTLER-WUNSH

Former Netanyahu confidant, Elkin ditches Likud and defects to Sa'ar

"You destroyed the Likud party and brought into it an atmosphere of a platform for serving you," Elkin said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with member of the Knesset for Likud Zeev Elkin as they attend the swearing-in ceremony of the 22nd Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem October 3, 2019.

‘No chance’ for vote on Yad Vashem chair, says Blue and White

Effi Eitam, who served as an IDF brigadier general and as an MK and minister for the hard-right National Union party, made a series of controversial comments during his political career

Effi Eitam, seen at the Jerusalem Supreme Court during a hearing on oil searching in the Golan Heights, on December 23, 2014.

Yad Vashem needs to stay out of Likud's reach

Yad Vashem has to stay above politics and remain a place that is solely focused on preserving the memory of the victims of the most atrocious act of genocide perpetrated against the Jewish people.

HALL OF Names, Yad Vashem.

Netanyahu, Elkin: Step back from joining in Holocaust denial

Anyone with any responsibility, whether direct or indirect, for beating a civilian to death is not fit to lead an institution of Holocaust memory.

Effie Eitam

Gov't publishes outline that may allow Israelis to travel to Uman

The outline was drafted by a group of designated ministers appointed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and headed by MK Ze'ev Elkin.

CELEBRATING ROSH HASHANAH near the tomb of Rabbi Nahman of Breslov in Uman, Ukraine, in 2017.