Ze’ev Elkin

Netanyahu appoints sole Russian-speaking Likud candidate Elkin to lead party's immigrant outreach

The appointment adds weight to the possibility that a decision guaranteeing that outcome will soon follow, moving Elkin into a realistic position on the Likud list.

Minister Ze’ev Elkin attends a Likud party conference ahead of the party’s primary elections in the northern city of Haifa, August 16, 2026.
Campaign materials of candidates who ran in yesterday’s Likud primary elections are seen in Jerusalem, August 18, 2026

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Gas station

Two hydrogen refueling stations: The new step of the Ministry of Energy

The Israeli security cabinet meets to discuss the full military takeover of the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu will bring Hezbollah agreement to Security Cabinet if one is agreed, PM tells ministers


Some weapons used by Hamas came from Russia, Israeli gov't official says

Elkin also referred to the rocket fired by the Islamic Jihad that hit a hospital in Gaza, stating that "whoever is ready to murder our children is also ready to murder their own children."

Ze'ev Elkin is seen speaking at the Environmental Protection Ministry in Jerusalem, on May 18, 2020.

Grapevine August 23, 2023: No light rail on Shabbat

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 VIP PASSENGERS on the Tel Aviv Light Rail – (from left) Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Sara and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Transportation  Minister Miri Regev, and Energy Minister Israel Katz.

'Israel has abandoned the Jews of Russia,' MK Oded Forer charges

The Absorption and Diaspora Affairs committee called for "an array of dedicated airplanes,” to bring masses of olim from Russia.

 The last aliyah flight of 2021 will land in Israel on Friday.

Israeli MKs publicly accuse Russia of blowing up Kokhovka dam

MKs Yuli Edelstein and Ze'ev Elkin wrote a letter to Ukraine's Zelensky, condemning the attack on the dam which they blames Russia for.

 A satellite image shows the Nova Kakhovka Dam and hydroelectric plant before its collapse, in Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine June 5, 2023

MKs in disguise: Israeli lawmakers dress up for Purim

Several Israeli MKs and ministers took the time to make costumes that either reflected Purim merriment or contained political meanings.

 Israeli National Missions Minister Orit Struck is seen in Hebron dressed as Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut for the holiday of Purim, on March 7, 2023.

Edelstein, Elkin meet Zelensky, say Israel must give Ukraine defensive arms

“We must assist Ukraine in all areas where Israeli technologies, including its military ones, can help protect the civilian population," Edelstein and Elkin said.

 Israeli MKs Yuli Edelstein and Ze'ev Elkin seen meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky

Bar Lev criticizes Jewish extremism in parting jab at Ben-Gvir

New ministers take office • Tension surrounds conflict between incoming, outgoing ministers

 MK ITAMAR Ben-Gvir and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai attend a committee meeting in the Knesset, last week.

Israel to fund NIS 4 million restoration of burned Tel Gezer archaeological site

Large areas of Tel Gezer were burned by fire which spread from agricultural areas of the nearby moshav Beit Uziel earlier in July.

 Hundreds of dunams of the Tel Gezer National Park were destroyed by a fire started by a pruning fire at a neighboring moshav.

Lapid, Elkin unveil NIS 1.4 billion Arad development plan

The agreement will see some 5,000 new housing units and commercial and industrial centers built in the city.

(L-R) Construction and Housing Minister Ze'ev Elkin and Prime Minister Yair Lapid sign development agreement with Arad Municipality

Israel to boost building starts in bid to rein in soaring housing costs

The proposal, parts of which require parliament approval, also includes other measures, such as cutting red tape and building more housing units for rentals.

 Construction at the entrance of Jerusalem