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Pulse of Israel conference tackles Jewish identity, independence

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Pulse of Israel hosted its second annual conference on Sunday evening, in a night dedicated to finding solutions to problems facing Israel and achieving “independence” after the war. “We need to be who we are...

Another emerging de facto Israeli FM

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In a departure from Israel’s traditional foreign policy, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli has been quietly cultivating relationships with far-right parties across Europe, many of which have shown support for Israel following the Oct. 7 Hamas...

Minister Chikli to JNS: Biden’s response to anti-Israel campus protests ‘disappointing’

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Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli deplored on Thursday U.S. President Biden’s response to the sometimes violent anti-Israel demonstrations sweeping across American university campuses. “Biden said he condemned the demonstrations but also those who...
IDF soldiers in the Gaza Strip, Jan. 13, 2024. Credit: IDF Spokesperson.

Likud MKs present program to ensure defeat of Hamas

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As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comes under increasing pressure to produce a program for "the day after" Hamas in the Gaza Strip, several Likud lawmakers have issued a plan to refocus attention on first...
Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli. Photo by Reuven Kapochinsky.

Harvard a synonym for antisemitism, says Diaspora minister

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Harvard University has become synonymous with antisemitism, and to a total moral collapse of core basic academic values that is spreading like wildfire on American campuses, Israel’s minister for Diaspora affairs said Thursday. The remarks...
Palestinians outside the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, on May 8, 2023. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

The distorted ‘nakba’ narrative

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Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli is an angry man. Chikli, who has a history of being outspoken, has lately turned his sights on the German government. He has complained about inappropriate comparisons between the...
U.S. President Joe Biden holds a press conference with then-interim Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. Photo by Emil Salman/POOL.

Likud minister says Biden in cahoots with Lapid, Barak

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When U.S. President Joe Biden criticizes the Netanyahu government, he does so in cooperation with opposition leader Yair Lapid and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli said on Tuesday. "President...
Amichai Chikli, minister of Diaspora affairs and minister for social equality, arrives for a Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, May 14, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli minister: J Street a ‘hostile organization’

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J Street is “a hostile organization that harms the interests of the State of Israel,” Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli says. The 41-year-old Likud Party member made the statement during an interview on Monday with Kan...
Likud MK Amichai Chikli, now minister of Diaspora affairs, speaks at the Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, Dec. 7, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israeli minister calls out Poland, Greece and Ukraine over antisemitism

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Israeli Diaspora Affairs Ministry Amichai Chikli sent letters to Poland, Greece and Ukraine this week expressing his concern over antisemitic incidents in those countries. In a letter to Greece’s Ambassador to Israel Kyriakos Loukakis on...
Knesset member Zvi Sukkot, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, Minister of Culture and Sport Miki Zohar and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan at Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, March 15, 2023. Credit: Samaria Regional Council.

Israeli ministers call for unity during visit to Joseph’s Tomb

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Two members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government visited Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus late Wednesday night, urging unity among the people of Israel. Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu and Minister of Culture and Sport Miki...