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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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