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


‘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.

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.