Editing Elyakim Rubinstein (section)

=== On the Supreme Court ===
In 2012, Rubinstein, who is regarded by many as a "relative conservative" on the Court,<ref>{{cite news|title=Supreme Court Justice Zilbertal announces early retirement|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/supreme-court-justice-zilbertal-announces-early-retirement/|work=The Times of Israel|date=March 16, 2016|accessdate=October 31, 2016}}</ref> openly supported the right of his [[Arab Christians|Arab-Christian]] colleague, Justice [[Salim Joubran]], not to sing the [[national anthem]], [[Hatikvah]], at an official ceremony:

{{Blockquote|text=Non-Jewish citizens must respect the anthem by standing for it… but one cannot demand that Arab citizens sing words that do not speak to their hearts and do not reflect their roots… Of course whoever wants to join in the singing of the anthem is welcome to do so, but the decision is personal.|sign=Elyakim Rubinstein|source=''[[The Times of Israel]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Zaken|first=Hillary|title=Supreme Court Justice Rubinstein: Arabs not required to sing national anthem|work=The Times of Israel|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/supreme-court-justice-rubinstein-arabs-not-required-to-sing-national-anthem/|date=March 1, 2012|accessdate=October 28, 2016}}</ref>}}

In his capacity as chairman of the 2013 Knesset election committee, Rubinstein forced the removal of several television ads, one from Shas, which he viewed as insulting to [[Russian Jews in Israel|Russian-speaking immigrants]], and the others from [[Otzma Yehudit|Otzma LeYisrael]], which he viewed as racist against Arabs.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sterman|first=Adiv|title=Shas to shelve racially loaded ad about conversion to Judaism|work=Times of Israel|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/shas-party-to-shelve-racially-loaded-ad-about-conversion-to-judaism/|date=January 9, 2013|accessdate=October 30, 2016}}</ref>