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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Shabbos Kestenbaum: Jewish students are today's leaders in fight against antisemitism

"Jews are not asking for special treatment under the law -- we are asking for equal treatment under the law," said Kestenbaum.

Israel's antisemitism strategy: Picking political allies over Diaspora Jews

The Israeli government has exposed a growing rift between its political calculations in terms of fighting antisemitism, and the actual concerns of Diaspora Jews.

Islamism, radical Left root of antisemitism surge, French far Right leader tells 'Post'

Bardella describes his visit to Israel and Jerusalem as "my and our total engagement in the fight against antisemitism."

25/03/2025

The war on Jews has returned, and the West is complicit

The Diaspora Affairs Ministry will roll up their sleeves and fight—not with polite condemnation, but with moral clarity and unapologetic force.

By AMICHAI CHIKLI
23/03/2025

Chikli loses faith in Goldknopf over discriminatory land allocations to haredim

“Also what they thought would go to the general public, we found some way to allocate to the haredi public, not everything can be talked about," Goldknopf said.

 Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli seen during a protest in Tel Aviv, November 27, 2024

'Stabbing Jews in the back': Diaspora heads warn against Chikli's antisemitism conference

“I expect the Israeli government and the Knesset to take just as clear a stand,” Kariv said.

Israel’s antisemitism envoy says she wasn’t consulted on the controversial conference

Israel’s antisemitism envoy left out of key planning for controversial conference.

By BEN SALES/JTA
21/03/2025

Marine Le Pen's shift on antisemitism: A new ally for French Jews

Marine Le Pen's transformation of the National Rally into a pro-Jewish party marks a significant shift, with French Jews now seeing it as an ally.

By ARNO KLARSFELD
20/03/2025

Dealing with antisemitism: Amichai Chikli will succeed where the ADL has failed

Unlike the failure of the legacy organizations, Israel is blessed with Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, who understands – and is ready to deal with – the real roots of antisemitism today.

By AVI ABELOW
19/03/2025

The illusion of alliances: Amichai Chikli is wrong to put faith in Europe's far Right

Amichai Chikli is mistaken in crediting the rise of antisemitism in Europe solely to Muslim immigration, thereby ignoring the resurgence of neo-Nazism.

By DR. STÉPHANIE SHARE
18/03/2025
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