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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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 Amichai Chikli speaks at the AJC Global Forum in Tel Aviv, on June 14, 2023

'Just a clerk': Diaspora Minister Chikli denies criticizing US antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt

 Demonstrators protest outside the AJC Global Forum where Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli spoke, in Tel Aviv, on June 14, 2023.

Diaspora Jewish students condemn Chikli, told not to 'interfere with Israeli politics'

 DIASPORA AFFAIRS MINISTER Amichai Chikli arrives for a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. The state must include Diaspora-Israel ties in the curriculum of every Jewish student in the country, says the writer.

Israel's Diaspora minister 'doesn't understand' American Jewry - US official

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 Amichai Chikli  attends a committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 6, 2022

Israeli minister's NYC parade photo: A symptom of what we must combat - opinion

 AMICHAI CHIKLI: Chose the long short path.

Israel's Diaspora Min. calls J Street 'hostile' after group tweets negatively about him

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 MARCHERS PARTICIPATE in the Celebrate Israel Parade in New York on Sunday.

Israel's delicate ties with Diaspora Jews highlighted in New York

 DIASPORA AFFAIRS MINISTER Amichai Chikli arrives for a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. The state must include Diaspora-Israel ties in the curriculum of every Jewish student in the country, says the writer.

Israel must foster a sense of Jewish peoplehood with the Diaspora - opinion

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

Chikli’s meeting in DC will take place, despite cancelation of the organizer

 Minister For Diaspora Affairs and Social Equality Amichai Chikli.

Jewish education in Diaspora crucial for Israel’s future, says minister

 Chair of the Canadian Parliamentary Israel Allies Caucus, MP Leslyn Lewis with Diaspora Minsiter Amichai Chikli

First celebration of Jerusalem day took place in Canadian Parliament

SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk smiles at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, California, US, June 13, 2019.

Amichai Chikli: Elon Musk is ‘an amazing entrepreneur and a role model’

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

Israel to invest NIS 150 million in Jewish education in N. America

President Isaac Herzog

President Herzog launches a Jewish Davos initiative to bridge the gap between Israel and Diaspora

 Giulio Terzi, former foreign minister of Italy, delivers a video speech during the 2018 Iran Uprising Summit in Manhattan, New York, US, September 22, 2018

Italian lawmaker calls for dismissal of UN envoy accused of antisemitism

 Israeli Diaspora Affairs and Combatting Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli speaks at the Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2022.

UN envoy accused of antisemitism hits back after Chikli calls for her dismissal