Akiva Eldar is a chief political columnist and editorial writer for the prestigious Israeli national daily Ha'aretz.
His columns also appear regularly in the Ha'aretz-Herald Tribune edition, as well as in the Japanese daily Mainichi.

From 1993-1996 he was the Ha'aretz US Bureau Chief and Washington correspondent, covering the peace process, US-Israel relations, American issues, and Israel-Diaspora relations.

Together with Idith Zertal he is the author of the book Lords of the Land: The War for Israel's Settlements in the Occupied Territories, 1967-2007, which was supported by the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

In 2006 Akiva Eldar was selected as the most influential commentator in Israel by the Financial Times.