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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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A firefighter walks past a destroyed anti-aircraft unit at La Carlota military air base, after US President Donald Trump said the US has struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 3, 2026.

Lapid, Chikli: US arrest of Maduro a message to Iranian regime

PEOPLE AFFILIATED with Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hold signs during a vigil to honor colleagues and others who have been killed during the war in Gaza outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, US, December 6, 2023.

MSF advanced anti-Israel narrative, maintained ties to terror groups

ISRAELI FOREIGN Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Mauro Berenstein, president of DAIA.

Why Israel set up the J50 forum: Streamlining the global Jewish message

By FELICE FRIEDSON , GABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE
People gather at the floral tribute at Bondi Beach to honour the victims of a mass shooting targeting a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.

Antisemitic incidents in Australia rose by 600% in days following Bondi Beach massacre

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrives to a conference of the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon in Jerusalem, December 25, 2025

PMO workers involved in Qatargate 'must sit behind bars,' Smotrich says

 Amichai Chikli lit a Hanukkah candle and praised the CWA security hub as it coordinated with emissaries worldwide following the Sydney attack.

Diaspora Minister Chikli visits Chabad security hub en route to Sydney after Hanukkah attack

Amichai Chikli and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ilustrative.

Minister demands shutdown of Turkey missions in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks at a ceremony for murdered Gaza hostage Thai national Sonthaya Oakkharasri before his remains were flown back to Thailand, October 22, 2025.

Activists, MKs criticize ministers chosen for c'ttee to decide October 7 probe mandate

DIASPORA AFFAIRS and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli: He believes that ‘New York will never be the same again, especially not for its Jewish community.’

Some conclude Israel is closing its gates towards diaspora Jews, especially from NY

Former ambassador of Israel to the United States Michael B. Oren speaks during an event to commemorate Holocaust victims and survivors in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington April 19, 2012

'Antisemitism not only normal, but popular': Michael Oren warns after Mamdani's win

By Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line
Protests against haredi draft begins in Jerusalem, October 30, 2025.

Stop and breathe, Israel: Political discourse has fallen apart. It's unacceptable

Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli.

Chikli: Conservatism is faith, truth and freedom, not Fuentes

Israeli Minister Amichai Chikli and Hungarian Minister Minister János Bóka meet to discuss European antisemitism, Oct. 2025

Israel, Hungary join forces to combat rising antisemitism in Europe, Diaspora Ministry announces

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a committee meeting on September 14, 2025.

'He does not represent us': Israeli politicians slam Smotrich after Saudi insult

Amichai Chikli and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ilustrative.

‘Jihadist in a suit’: Chikli slams Turkish President Erdogan over prayer to destroy Israel