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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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 Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli seen during the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York, June 3, 2024

War on Hamas may take two more years, Chikli tells 'Post' in New York

 Spanish Opposition Leader Santiago Abascal visits the City of David in Jerusalem, May 29, 2024.

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 Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli

Chikli slams Spanish prime minister's decision as 'folly and heartlessness' at Madrid conference

 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.

Israeli minister addresses convention hosted by Spanish far-right party with neo-Nazi ties

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Minister Amichai Chikli speaks at the Jerusalem Post 2023 Annual Conference in New York, June 5, 2023

Chikli: Pro-Palestinian protesters' calls for retribution on Israel are not justified

 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.

Amichai Chikli: Biden admin. doesn't project power, I would choose Republicans

 Amichai Chikli speaks at National Conservatism.

Chikli at Brussels conference: Far left, radical Islamists are 'new antisemites'

Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli seen in the Knesset on April 2, 2024

Minister calls Spanish president 'absolute zero' for Iran attack response

 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 calls for regime change: 'We will soon bring a new dawn to Iran'

 Diaspora affairs and Combatting Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli awards a token of gratitude to prominent figures who've advocated for Israel since the beginning of the war, March 31, 2024.

Celebrating solidarity: Diaspora Min. honors prominent figures' support in fighting antisemitism

 Illustration of  Israeli shekels, September 24, 2023

Diaspora Jews contributed over NIS 5 billion to Israel since October 7

 Likud MK Tally Gotliv speaks during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on January 22, 2024

'Protests a gift to Hamas': MKs condemn Ayalon demonstrations

 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.

'Hebrew University evolving into antisemitic institution,' says Diaspora Affairs Minister

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

Chikli: Activists denying Jews entry to Paris university 'one of worst' events

 Israeli Diaspora Affairs and Combatting Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli meets Hungarian delegation in Hungary, March 12, 2024.

Israeli minister: Hungary is only European country where Jews can be themselves