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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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 Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli speaks during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2024.

Chikli letter to Australian Jews: 'Thank you for your courage, dedication, and unbreakable spirit'

 MK AMICHAI CHIKLI attends the House Committee meeting in the Knesset last week at which he was declared a defector.

Chikli didn’t attend EU Holocaust event due to hostage family letter, not security issues - source

 Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli speaks during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2024.

Amichai Chikli cancels plans to Belgium over legal, security threats

THURSDAY’S LONG-AWAITED news of a hostage deal finally hammered out thrust the nation into a whirlpool of mixed emotions. There is elation and despair. Here, protesters in Tel Aviv react after the ceasefire deal was announced on Wednesday evening.

Cabinet pushes back meeting on hostage release deal

Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir

Ben-Gvir: If Gaza ceasefire is implemented, Otzma Yehudit will leave gov't

 Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli speaks during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2024.

Chikli first Likud minister to threaten resignation over hostage deal

 Brazilian politician and lawyer Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, speaks as he attends an interview with the media during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Mexico City, Mexico November 18, 2022.

Bolsonaro tells how he closed war crimes case against IDF reservist in Brazil

 Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli and Pope Francis. (Illustrative)

'Jesus lived and died as a Jew': Chikli slams pope for Vatican keffiyeh nativity display

 Amichai Chikli attending the One Million Lobby Association event honoring the immigrant IDF soldiers who fell in combat in war against Hamas and Hezbollah.

Chikli: CAIR leader praised October 7 massacre, called Gaza 'concentration camp'

 Tucker Carlson speaking with attendees at the 2020 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Amichai Chikli: Tucker Carlson is becoming leading platform for 'blood libel enthusiasts'

MK Amichai Chikli at the Knesset, April 25, 2022.

Amichai Chikli: Yaalon's accusations of 'ethnic cleansing' caused global damage

 Major (res.) Gilad Ach, Founder and CEO of "The Israeli Reservists- Generation of Victory" (right) and Major (res.) Michael Lobovikov, USSR Refusnik and Co- Founder of "The Israeli Reservists- Generation of Victory.

Hundreds of IDF reservists plan to move to border towns they once defended

 Syrian rebels pose for a picture with an army helicopter at the Nayrab military airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 2, 2024.

MKs urge reinforcing alliances, Israel's borders after fall of Assad regime

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir asks the District Court in Jerusalem to bar the showing of an expose against him, November 10, 2024

Israeli right-wing politicians express opposition to emerging Israel-Lebanon agreement

 FORTY CAMELS took part in the race in the Negev Highlands on Nov. 1.

Negev camel racing: A Bedouin tradition that unites Israeli society

By ANAV SILVERMAN PERETZ

US Jewish teens more likely to criticize Israel, sympathize with Hamas, than their peers elsewhere

 Illustrative image of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in front of the breached Israel-Gaza border fence.

Khamenei says Oct. 7 massacre brought 'Zionist regime' 70 years back

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

Harris's decision to shun PM congress speech was 'miserable,' Chikli says