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 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.

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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).

Dealing with antisemitism: Amichai Chikli will succeed where the ADL has failed - opinion

Unlike the failure of the legacy organizations, Israel is blessed with Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, who understands – and is ready to deal with – the real roots of antisemitism today.

 Diaspora Affairs and Combatting Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli attends a lobby to strengthen the Galilee at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, June 26, 2023.

The illusion of alliances: Amichai Chikli is wrong to put faith in Europe's far Right - opinion

Amichai Chikli is mistaken in crediting the rise of antisemitism in Europe solely to Muslim immigration, thereby ignoring the resurgence of neo-Nazism.

 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.

European Jewish Congress blasts Chikli for inviting far-right figures to antisemitism summit

Criticism grows over Chikli’s decision to host far-right European politicians at antisemitism conference. European Jewish Congress president calls it ‘a stab in the back.’

 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.

UK Chief Rabbi Mirvis pulls out from Israel's conference on combating antisemitism

“There is nothing for the UK to learn about tackling antisemitism from some of these characters," said Lord John Mann, who similarly withdrew his participation.

Britain's chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

Amichai Chikli invites politicians from European far-right parties to Israel, in a first

Also on the docket are figures who have criticized the far right, including the Anti-Defamation League’s Jonathan Greenblatt and Armin Laschet of Germany’s center-right leading party.

 Amichai Chikli speaks at Conference of Presidents, February 16, 2025.

CPAC launches 'Center to Combat Antisemitism' ahead of visit to Israel

CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp and his wife Mercedes Schlapp are also due to travel to Israel in the coming weeks. They will meet with Diaspora Affairs and Combatting Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli.

 Former White House Political Director Matt Schlapp and Former White House Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlapp attend the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, February 22, 2024.