Amichai Chikli

Chikli calls to close Turkish consulate after report details alleged plan to 'conquer Jerusalem'

The report further alleges that Turkey seeks to strengthen Hamas's influence in Jerusalem and the West Bank through a network of local organizations and associations.

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli attends a conference against antisemitism in Jerusalem, January 26, 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the IDF's 192nd pilot course graduation ceremony.

Netanyahu seeking electoral stalemate, new elections to stay in power, former adviser says

Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli attends a conference against antisemitism in Jerusalem, January 26, 2026.

Israel’s diaspora minister calls Erdogan a ‘grotesque hybrid of Hitler and Sinwar’

JFNA Board of Directors Chairman Gary Torgow speaks to assembled Israeli government officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after the government approved a NIS 200m. plan to bolster Jewish education in the Diaspora on June 28, 2026.

Israel, Jewish Federations launch NIS 200 million plan to strengthen Diaspora Jewish education


Chikli denounces Syria's Sharaa as 'barbaric terrorist murder who should be eliminated'

"We must not stand idly by in the face of the Islamo-Nazi terror regime of al-Qaeda operatives in suits," Chikli stated.

 Smoke rises while Syrian security forces sit in the back of a truck, as Syrian troops enter the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday following two days of clashes, in Sweida, Syria July 15, 2025.

Attorney-General Baharav-Miara refuses to attend her own dismissal hearing

In her letter to the committee, Baharav-Miara wrote that the hearing was based on an illegal government decision that is laden with foreign influences.

 Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee in the Knesset, April 27, 2025.

A-G: Turning my firing process political is illegal, opens door to political deals

The government's decision to change the hiring and firing process is ‘fundamental, tectonic,’ and will affect the entire future of the position.

 Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee in the Knesset, April 27, 2025.

US considers $30 b. Iran civilian nuclear deal, Iran denies any meeting with US next week

NGO petitions High Court to allow safe passage to Gaza hospital • Ireland to relocate Tehran embassy staff • IDF amps up strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon

 An Iranian newspaper with a cover photo of US President Donald Trump and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is seen in Tehran, Iran, May 11, 2025.

Chikli: British Jews should leave UK if Labour remains in power - report

Amichai Chikli referred to the UK's current government as one of the most hostile towards Israel that we have ever known, the Daily Mail wrote.

 Diaspora Affairs and Combatting Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli (R) and British Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer (L); illustration.

Cognitive warfare: Israel needs to stop fighting defensively on hasbara - opinion

Gideon Sa’ar was quoted as terming hasbara a “consciousness warfare.” It could be that it is more. I would say it is cognitive warfare. And in war, much should be considered “fair.”

 Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar gives a statement to foreign press at the scene of damage to a mosque in Haifa, June 20, 2025.

Legal experts decry minister's illegal move in summoning A-G for arraignment

Baharav-Miara has been blamed for intentionally issuing restrictive legal opinions in order to trip up and eventually topple the government.

 Amichai Chikli, Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism seen after a court hearing of the Shin Bet official arrested in suspicion of leaking classified information to a journalist and a Minister at the court in Lod, April 15, 2025.

Qatar under Israeli attack for supporting radical Islam at CPAC conference in Hungary

Chikli referred to the financing that radical Islamic organizations tied to the Brotherhood are getting from EU institutions and declared: “Europe is financing its own death.”

 Hamas terrorists against backdrop of Qatar flag. (illustration)

Bill proposing 80% tax on NGO foreign aid may harm Diaspora Jews, Kariv warns

The bill aims to prevent indirect influence by foreign governments by taxing donations to NGOs that serve as their "agents of change."

 MK Gilad Kariv leads an Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on March 11, 2025.

The 10 commandments for fighting antisemitism Jews need to embrace - opinion

KNOW COMMENT: Jews everywhere are despised and vulnerable when Israel is weak. That is when enemies pounce.

 MUSLIM PROTESTERS pray outside Columbia University’s main campus in March as they denounce the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City. The writer asks: Should Khalil, a radical leader, be protected because of ‘free speech?’