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


Israel reaffirms its commitment to Paris Agreement

"The decision made by the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement will not lead us to withdraw from it as well," Environmental Protection Minister Zeev Elkin said.

The annual climate change march taking place on Friday in Tel Aviv

Zeev Elkin: No Israeli government involvement in alleged NSO-Whatsapp hack

WhatsApp has sued NSO accusing it of helping government spies break into the phones of hundreds of users across four continents in a hacking spree whose targets included top government officials.

The Facebook application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017.

Plonter!

How does one describe Israeli democracy that fails to produce a stable government in a national election once (April), twice (September), and perhaps, heaven forbid, again in February?

Interior Minister Arye Deri at a Shas campaign rally

Netanyahu quashes ‘coup’ to unseat him

Sa’ar ready to challenge Netanyahu for Likud leadership

Gideon Sa'ar (L) and Benjamin Netanyahu (R)

Coalition talks start with boycott again

"Likud wants to build a ceiling before the house's foundations while his party wants to build foundations first," Blue and White chief coalition negotiator Yoram Turbowicz told the Jerusalem Post.

Jerusalem Affairs Minister Ze'ev Elkin, Blue and White MK Yoram Turbowicz and Tourism Minister Yariv Levin ahead of the coalition talks

We need education

Should the state and the city’s education administration impose the Israeli curriculum on schools in the Arab sector?

A VIEW of Ein Kerem: the Russian Orthodox Church.

Israeli officials speak out about Corbyn antisemitism

"We don't decide for the British who to vote for, of course, but we have to state our position."

Ze'ev Elkin

Netanyahu hosts Yisrael Beytenu defectors

"For him, a word is just a word and zero accomplishments," Netanyahu said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosts Yisrael Beytenu members who shifted to Likud July, 2019

STEM-focused kindergarten sponsored by Lockheed Martin opens in Jerusalem

"The new MadaKids kindergartens will nurture the young children and inspire them to become the engineers and entrepreneurs of the future," said Mayor of Jerusalem Moshe Leon.

Inauguration of MadaKids Kindergarten in Jerusalem with Lockheed Martin and Rashi Foundation July 2019

Elkin invites new Ukranian president to Israel

Born in 1978 to Jewish parents, Zelenskiy became Ukraine's first Jewish president. Ukraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman is also Jewish.

Ukraine's President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy