Amichai Chikli

Netanyahu won the Likud primary. Can Likud win beyond its base? - opinion

Likud is walking out of this primary further to the Right, unmistakably built around Netanyahu, security-minded to its core, still ready to sit with the ultra-Orthodox parties.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, March 19, 2026.
Pro-Palestinian students protesting against Israel in the United States

How $250M flowed to delegitimization groups targeting Israel

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

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

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


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?’

Ireland, Spain, SA are enablers of antisemitism, Diaspora Min. report finds

"Make no mistake: The result [of enabling antisemitism] will be the strengthening of the Hamas-style aggression and barbarism — in Europe itself."

Diaspora Ministry's State of Antisemitism Report 2024

Chikli hails Shin Bet leaker as 'hero of Israel' as scandal erupts

According to Chikli, the official “revealed that, in the midst of war, the head of the Shin Bet was obsessively spying on a serving minister."

 Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on March 27, 2025.

Illegitimate lawfare: Bosnia uses Israel as a battleground - opinion

When European states act in Bosnia, they do so on the much murkier ground of knowing what’s good for Bosnia. 

 MILORAD DODIK, president of the Republika of Srpska, addresses his supporters in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in February. For Israelis, the strange story of Bosnia’s political turmoil should highlight the vast hypocrisy of European states, says the writer.

Diplomacy or war: The dilemma of politicizing the fight against antisemitism - analysis

Israel’s diaspora minister urged a 'full-scale war' on antisemitism, not just diplomacy, at a tense conference marked by political rifts and notable absences.

 Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar speaking at the International Conference on Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem, March 27, 2025.

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