[3] His mother's uncle, Eliyahu Lankin, was commander of the Altalena ship and a member of the first Knesset, representing Herut, whilst Menachem Begin was the Sandek at Levin's circumcision ceremony.

[4] Levin took part in establishing the New Young Lawyers Faction, known as Mahatz, which participated in internal elections for Israel Bar Association' institutions in 1999.

[9][10] During his time in the Bar Association, Levin took part in its legal aide project Schar Mitzvah, and led reforms in the rules of ethics for lawyers.

On 18 March 2013, Levin was chosen to serve as the head of the coalition and leader of the Likud – Yisrael Beiteinu faction.

[citation needed] In February 2014 a bill sponsored by Levin was approved that officially recognized Christian Arabs as a distinct legal minority in Israel.

It is evidenced by the fact that a man who calls himself a Reform rabbi stands there with a priest and officiates at the wedding of the daughter of Hillary Clinton and no one condemns it, thereby legitimizing it.

He gave up his Public Security portfolio after 11 days, when Netanyahu appointed Gilad Erdan to the post.

[19] In March 2023, a controversy arose when Levin was seen attending a Purim party at the home of Raffi Chaim-Kedoshim, a known criminal.

It was later revealed that other senior Likud members, including Israel Katz, Miri Regev and Dudi Amsalem, were also present at the event.

In July 2023, several petitions were submitted to the Supreme Court demanding that Levin be required to convene the committee immediately.

[32][33] According to Channel 12 News, Levin told members of the Judicial Selection Committee that he would back the appointment of Justice Isaac Amit as the court’s next president in exchange for supporting two candidates of his choosing.

[34] As a reaction to a speech of publisher and head of Haaretz Group, Amos Schocken, were Schocken criticized the governments policy as a form of "apartheid", named Palestinian protesters in West Bank as "freedom fighters" and urged for sanctions against Israel, Yariv Levin wrote a letter on October 31 2024 to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, requesting that she approve a law proposal that will criminalize actions by Israelis to "promote or encourage applying international sanctions on Israel, its leaders, its security forces, and the citizens of Israel," with a ten-year jail sentence, which will be doubled in wartime.

[38] Levin explained the need in changing the supreme judges appointment system by pointing out that the present judges are not in favor of residential segregation: “Arabs buy apartments in Jewish communities in the Galilee and this causes Jews to leave these cities, because they are not prepared to live with Arabs.

We need to ensure that the Supreme Court has justices who understand this.”[39] After the Israeli military police in July 2024 visited Sde Teiman detention camp to detain nine Israeli soldiers suspected of abuse of a Palestinian prisoner, Levin said that "harsh pictures of soldiers being arrested" were "impossible to accept".