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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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 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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 Marine Le Pen, member of parliament and member of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party parliamentary group during a debate about the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the National Assembly in Paris, October 23, 2023.

Don't be fooled: France's National Rally has not shaken its antisemitic past

 Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli speaks at a Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on December 19, 2023.

Chikli applauds Germany's bold move to combat antisemitism with citizenship exam reforms

 People gather to protest against the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, at Place de la Republique following partial results in the first round of the early 2024 legislative elections, in Paris, France, June 30, 2024.

France's political shift and Israel's delicate balancing act

 DIASPORA AFFAIRS Minister Amichai Chikli in the Knesset – facing a challenge over Israel’s relations with the Diaspora.

Chikli calls on Newsom, Bass, to protect Californian Jews

 A view of Derbent synagogue following an attack by gunmen and a fire, in Derbent in the region of Dagestan, Russia June 24, 2024.

Jewish group pleads for Israel to help protect diaspora synagogues

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett at the Defense Ministry on February 25, 2020.

'We can do it again': Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett hints at political comeback

Left-to-right: Elan Carr, CEO of the Israeli-American Council, Zvika Klein, editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post, and Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York.

Diaspora Affairs Minister details ministry’s activities since October 7

 THE NY TIMES building in Manhattan: It was no surprise that a story meant to demonize a segment of Israeli society would appear in the ‘Times,’ the writer maintains.

Diaspora Affairs Ministry behind influence op. to target US lawmakers

 From L-R, Senator Ted Cruz, Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, Head of the Israel Allies Caucus Josh Reinstein.

Congressional Israel Allies Caucus hosts Jerusalem Day celebration