Amichai Chikli

Chikli urges Jewish students to leave Belgian universities over Albanese honorary degree

The Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Ministry published a brief that examined Albanese's conduct, calling it "fundamentally incompatible" with the responsibilities of her role.

Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on December 24, 2025.
 Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on March 27, 2025.

Chikli calls October 7 attack a part of long-term Iran-Israel conflict, stresses nuclear threat

Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on December 24, 2025.

Israel bans entry of US members of Eyewitness Palestine, Chikli pushes for stricter regulations

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 5, 2026

Israeli voters deserve representatives they can trust - opinion


Netanyahu: Antisemitism threatens free societies, who must join fight against it

The conference drew controversy and withdrawals from slated participants due to the presence of far Right politicians, such as France's Jordan Bardella.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz seen in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 27, 2025

Sylvan Adams: Antisemitism conference critics focused on politics rather than dialogue 

Adams reminded that antisemitism was a problem across the political spectrum, and argued that the labels of right and left were unhelpful when engaging with the Jewish community.

 Sylvan Adams at a ceremony for torch lighters of the Independence Day state ceremony, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on April 23, 2023.

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.

 Shabbos Kestenbaum testifies in court against Harvard University.

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

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

 Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli

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

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

 Jordan Bardella, President of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party, speaks during a political rally in Etrepagny, France, December 15, 2024.

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

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

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 18: Protesters attend a national rally for Palestine on January 18, 2025 in London, England. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators are going ahead with a planned march after police placed a ban on it, citing the risk of causing "serious disruption" to a synagogue

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.

 United Torah Judaism (UTJ) chairman rabbi Yitzchak Goldknopf is seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 28, 2022

'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.

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

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.

MICHAL COTLER-WUNSH

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

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.

Jordan Bardella (R), President of the French far Right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party and head of the RN list for the European elections, and Marine Le Pen, President of RN (L).