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Amichai Chikli

Amichai Chikli is an Israeli lawmaker as part of the Likud Party and current Diaspora affairs and combatting antisemitism minister and, until early January 2024, as social equality minister.

Chikli made waves in Israeli politics in 2021 while part of the Yamina Party after having a public split with the party leader and then-prime minister Naftali Bennett. 

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 Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli and Pope Francis. (Illustrative)

'Jesus lived and died as a Jew': Chikli slams pope for Vatican keffiyeh nativity display

 Amichai Chikli attending the One Million Lobby Association event honoring the immigrant IDF soldiers who fell in combat in war against Hamas and Hezbollah.

Chikli: CAIR leader praised October 7 massacre, called Gaza 'concentration camp'

 Tucker Carlson speaking with attendees at the 2020 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Amichai Chikli: Tucker Carlson is becoming leading platform for 'blood libel enthusiasts'

MK Amichai Chikli at the Knesset, April 25, 2022.

Amichai Chikli: Yaalon's accusations of 'ethnic cleansing' caused global damage

 Major (res.) Gilad Ach, Founder and CEO of "The Israeli Reservists- Generation of Victory" (right) and Major (res.) Michael Lobovikov, USSR Refusnik and Co- Founder of "The Israeli Reservists- Generation of Victory.

Hundreds of IDF reservists plan to move to border towns they once defended

 Syrian rebels pose for a picture with an army helicopter at the Nayrab military airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 2, 2024.

MKs urge reinforcing alliances, Israel's borders after fall of Assad regime

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir asks the District Court in Jerusalem to bar the showing of an expose against him, November 10, 2024

Israeli right-wing politicians express opposition to emerging Israel-Lebanon agreement

 FORTY CAMELS took part in the race in the Negev Highlands on Nov. 1.

Negev camel racing: A Bedouin tradition that unites Israeli society

By ANAV SILVERMAN PERETZ

US Jewish teens more likely to criticize Israel, sympathize with Hamas, than their peers elsewhere

 Illustrative image of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in front of the breached Israel-Gaza border fence.

Khamenei says Oct. 7 massacre brought 'Zionist regime' 70 years back

 Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli speaks at the AJC Global Forum in Tel Aviv, on June 14, 2023.

Harris's decision to shun PM congress speech was 'miserable,' Chikli says

 Screenshot of online antisemitism

Can Diaspora Ministry's new monitoring system help better understand antisemitism?

The observation system unveiled by the Diaspora Ministry system which aims to monitor antisemitic dialogue online. August 18, 2024.

Diaspora Ministry unveils system for monitoring antisemitic discourse online

Pro-Palestinian students show support for Hamas following the October 7th Massacre at Columbia University in New York City, U.S., October 12, 2023.

Israeli minister contemplated spying on anti-Israel organization in US

 US SECOND GENTLEMAN Doug Emhoff delivers remarks as Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden look on, at a Jewish American Heritage Month celebration, in the Rose Garden at the White House, in May. Emhoff assisted Harris in leading the Biden administration’s plan to combat antisemitism.

Kamala Harris faces unwarranted criticism from right-wing pro-Netanyahu camp in Israel

 Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli speaks during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2024.

Minister Chikli criticizes IDF for enabling continued reserve service of Brothers in Arms leader

 Haniyeh and Erdogan

'This guy is totally nuts': Israeli, world leaders condemn Erdogan's threat to enter Israel

 Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli with Residents of communities in northern Israel who were evacuated from their homes and Families of Israelis who were killed in recent war during protest outside the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem. July 14, 2024.

Amichai Chikli calls avoidance of haredi draft an 'injustice to Jewish values'

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