Who they are
Elkin was born in Ukraine in 1971 and trained as a mathematician. He entered the Knesset in 2006 with Kadima and moved to Likud in 2008, serving as coalition chairman and chairing the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee. He left Likud in December 2020 for Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope, sat with National Unity, and returned to Likud in 2026. He has been a minister in the Finance Ministry since November 2024.
Positions and record
Judiciary: Says he and Yariv Levin raised the flag of judicial legislation together, and that he told Levin the package was too broad and too fast to survive.
Jewish state: Initiated Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People.
Judea and Samaria: Supports Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria.
Where they stand
Holds the party line on every issue.
Judea & Samariaparty lineSovereignty over every part of the Land of Israel, pursued through budgets and construction rather than annexation bills, and no Palestinian state.
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & Securityparty lineNo withdrawal on anyone else's timetable: it slowed and limited the withdrawal in the American plan and made it turn on Hamas disarming first.
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi Enlistmentparty lineIt governs with the Haredi parties and in July 2026 barred the arrest of draft evaders, while its own aims require regular service of every citizen.
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
Judiciaryparty lineThe judicial selection law takes effect with the next Knesset, giving the coalition the decisive voice in appointments. No override clause is sought.
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
Economyparty lineA national liberal movement for the free market and social equality together, with government out of the economy as far as it can go.
Social spendingFree market
Educationparty lineJewish tradition taught through the schools, and the core-studies rule kept on the books without ever being used to cut a budget.
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & Stateparty lineThe religious status quo, governed with its Haredi partners, alongside a guarantee of freedom of conscience.
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & Citizenshipparty lineThe Nation-State Law and Jewish self-determination, set beside equal rights for every citizen and the integration of minorities into the state.
Equal citizenshipJewish national state
