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


Russia-Israeli online chess tournament held over Zoom

Russian and Israeli amateur chess players met online for a gentlemen's game in a first of its kind event to promote the construction of cultural bridges between the two peoples.

Russian-Israeli chess tournament participants

Academic leader calls Elkin ‘commissar of higher education’

The decision to fire Neumann was announced on Monday night and followed Elkin’s failure to appoint Ariel University rector Michael Zinigrad to the CHE’s Planning and Budgeting Committee.

Ze'ev Elkin

Hebrew Scouts nearly shut down during COVID-19 crisis, ‘unthinkable’

After one century of offering informal education to Hebrew youth across the country, the movement faces extreme uncertainty due to government actions.

NEW YORK, NY - Members of the Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation participate in the annual Celebrate Israel Parade on June 3, 2018 in New York City.

Higher education exams will be taken online starting Sunday

Starting Sunday, students will be able to take exams online, after it seemed like universities would be ignoring the new coronavirus restrictions and forcing students to come to campus.

Tel Aviv University students relax on the first day of the new academic year, in October 2018.

Senior Likud minister: US approval needed for West Bank annexation

He clarified that it was the United States and not Alternative Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz whose opinion was critical.

Ze'ev Elkin

Ze'ev Elkin visits Yad Vashem in first meeting to coordinate ties

The meeting comes after Shalev, 82, announced on Sunday that he would be stepping down after 27 years as chairman of Yad Vashem.

Higher Education and Water Resources Minister Ze'ev Elkin (L) and outgoing Yad Vashem chairman Avner Shalev are seen together on Tuesday.

Ministers furious as lockdown exit policies announced before cabinet vote

The government has been leaking decisions before they are final for weeks, sowing confusion with contradictory instructions.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting, held over video conference due to the novel coronavirus, March 15, 2020.

New view of the Holy City as Jerusalem wall walkway extends 1 km.

Take a virtual tour through the Old City of Jerusalem's new wall promenade.

View from the new view of Jerusalem's Old City as Jerusalem wall walkway extends by 1 km.

EPA chief to 'Post': U.S. 'leading by example' on environmental issues

"The Paris climate accord was unfair as far as trade is concerned, and the US was penalized through the Paris climate accord," said EPA chief Andrew Wheeler.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks to 'The Jerusalem Post' at the US Embassy in Jerusalem.

Moshe Lion marks first year as mayor of Jerusalem

'I invite residents to stroll on Jaffa Road on Shabbat morning and see how clean it is all the way from Jaffa Gate to the Central Bus Station'

MOSHE LION celebrates his victory in the 2018 mayoral election.