Talk:Eli Cohen (politician, born 1972)

improving the article

This article is quite poor and we can add a lot of details about his political activity. here is a suggestion for details from the Hebrew version:

In the Reforms Committee Cohen had important legislation approved, inter alia the reform in the banking sector, the significant economic reform legislated in the 20th Knesset, the reform in Israel’s Standards Institute, the setting up of an independent Capital Markets Authority, the setting up of the Authority for Urban Renewal, the amendment of the Planning & Construction Law (Sheves-Kahlon), the law on the RIT trusts to provide incentives for the setting up of Real-Estate trusts, etc. Cohen has promoted a series of private bills, inter alia a bill to enact a mandatory pension for the independently employed, which was approved in a preliminary reading and became a government proposal approved as part of the Arrangements Law; a bill to increase the discount for those eligible to public housing; a bill on the construction of small, 3-room apartments; a bill on the splitting of apartments, etc. Eli Cohen was selected four times consecutively in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 in the magazine The Marker’s annual rating, as one of the 100 most influential people in Israeli economics. In 2016, 2018 and 2019 he was selected as one of the 100 most influential people in Israeli economics in the Maariv Daily’s annual rating. In 2016 Cohen was elected Real-Estate Man-of-the-Year, based on his promoting urban renewal in general and the law on the setting up of the National Authority for Urban Renewal in particular. Minister of the Economy & Industry On 23 January 2017 Eli Cohen was appointed Minister of the Economy & Industry. In his role as Minister of the Economy & Industry he particularly promoted entry of international corporations to Israel, strengthening of industry, attracting hi-tech corporations to the periphery, integrating employees with special needs into the labor market and reducing the cost of living. In February 2018 the reform in the Standards Law, led by Minister Cohen, was approved in the second and third Knesset readings, entailing the adoption of official standards as is, based on international standardization and without the need for special adaptations for Israel. Minister Cohen promoted the signature of an array of free-trade agreements with Canada, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Ukraine, Panama and Liechtenstein and in 2017 Israeli exports broke the record and for the first time in history crossed the 100 billion US Dollars bar and in 2018 crossed the 110 billion US Dollars bar. Minister Cohen particularly promoted the strengthening of employment in the periphery and in October 2018 launched the flagship program of the Ministry of the Economy & Industry and the Innovation Authority, to set up development centers of hi-tech companies in the periphery. During his mandate unemployment hit its lowest in the history of the State of Israel, at 3.4% in October 2019. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nerizuki (talk • contribs) 11:23, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

This is written in a highly promotional tone. I don't think it is suitable for adding to the article. It's also completely unsourced. It seems this is the only article you edit on Hebrew or English Wikipedia, so it looks like you may have a WP:Conflict of interest with the subject. Please declare if you do. Thanks, Number 57 12:24, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

suggestion to add facts about his political activity

I find it fair that the article would include facts about the subject's political activity, Backed by sources. Here is my suggestion:

Political Activity

As the chairman of the Reforms committee, Minister Cohen passed the banking reform, which will separate credit card companies from banks' ownership, and consequently increase competition. As the Minister of Economy and Industry, Mr. Cohen passed different laws, including: a law that requires independent individuals to set aside pensions and a law that cancels the unique Israeli standard for hundreds of products, and compares it to the international standards, in order to ease import.

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hello, Eli cohen is now member of the knesset on behalf of the "Likud" Party, and not on behalf of "Kulanu" Party as it is written. is it possible to edit it pls? Yahelz (talk) 11:28, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

@Yahelz: Done. Number 57 11:55, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

Removal of information from article

Hello, User:Number 57 has removed information from this article which has been translated from Hebrew Wikipedia and is referenced there. I think it should stay. He says it is "promotional". I have edited it and welcome any additional editing, instead of removing it entirely. I would be happy to hear other people's opinions as well. Thanks, Atbannett (talk) 19:04, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Having seen these sorts of promotional edits several times before (the version it keeps being changed to basically reads like a bio on a politician's website), it's a quite obvious that this is being written by someone with a connection to Cohen – the Hebrew version does appear to be largely the same, and, coincidentally, I notice יהל וולך (talk · contribs) is also an SPA dedicated to editing the Eli Cohen article on that version of Wikipedia as well as here). Number 57 19:12, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

Ha, I see יהל וולך has admitted to being Cohen's spokesman here. Case closed! Number 57 19:14, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

She is indeed his spokeswoman, but why can't we use the information she added and weed out the promotional part? Atbannett (talk) 19:55, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

There are only three referenced parts of the Hebrew article. One of them is the fact that he was VP at the Israel Land Development Company – this is already covered. The second is that he headed a parliamentary committee – I have added it to the article. The third is that he was appointed Minister of the Economy – this too was already covered. Number 57 20:40, 20 April 2017 (UTC)

100 most influential people in the Israeli economy

Aside from the possible issues around COI and the incorrect formatting, I don't see how this information is particularly relevant. Cohen is Minister of the Economy – it would be more noteworthy if he wasn't included in the list of the 100 most influential people in the Israeli economy. Number 57 21:31, 8 February 2018 (UTC)