Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu

Gov’t approves 250m. NIS plan to preserve West Bank heritage sites ahead of Six-Day War anniversary

Additionally, a multi-year plan worth tens of millions of shekel will be put in motion to upgrade existing infrastructure and hopefully turn the sites into major tourist destinations.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
View of the ancient archeological site of Sebastia, near the West Bank city of Nablus, May 12, 2025.
INEXTG CEO Esti Shrieber, tapped to be the next director of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).

Heritage Minister taps INEXTG CEO Esther Shreiber for next IAA director, first woman in role

Her appointment will soon be submitted for approval by the IAA’s council and the government. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan speaks after a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey, March 9, 2026.

Erdogan intensifies rhetoric against Israel, MK calls him a 'megalomaniacal dictator'

Erdogan’s harsh rhetoric is considered to be part of his ongoing narrative attempting to position Turkey as a staunch defender of Palestinian rights.

|ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu plants a flag at the archaeological site Sartaba in Judea and Samaria.

Israel's Heritage Minister: Palestinians destroying archaeological sites like ISIS did in Syria

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu on archaeology, sovereignty, and the battle over history in Judea and Samaria

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH

Allegedly abused Nukhba terrorist assaulted guards, detained soldiers claim

Honenu detailed the incident where the soldiers allegedly sexually abused a Nukhba terrorist in Sde Teiman detention facility.

JULY 29, 2024ByBINI ASCHKENASY, SHLOMI HELLER
Protesters gather outside Sde Teiman detention facility after some of them broke in, after Israeli military police arrived at the site as part of an investigation into the suspected abuse of a Palestinian detainee, near Beersheba, in southern Israel, July 29, 2024

'Hamas must come crawling and begging for a Gaza hostage deal' - interview

Rather than "award" the Palestinians a state, Hamas must come "crawling and begging" for a hostage deal after being completely defeated, Eliyahu said.

FEBRUARY 20, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu speaks with The Jerusalem Post, February 2024

'IDF must kill terrorists on sight': Israeli minister doubles down after civilian's killing

On claims that his calls violate the IDF's open-fire rules, Eliyahu said "we are a state of law. At the end of the day, only God will hold terrorists accountable."

DECEMBER 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu attends the funeral Israeli soldier Moshe Yedidia Leiter, at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on November 12, 2023

Russia says Israeli nuclear remark raises 'huge number of questions'

Asked in a radio interview about a hypothetical nuclear option, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu had replied: "That's one way."

NOVEMBER 7, 2023ByREUTERS
Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu attends a ceremony at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 19, 2023.

Amichai Eliyahu has got to go - editorial

It didn’t take long for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to condemn Eliyahu’s remark and later announce that the minister would be suspended.

NOVEMBER 6, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu attends a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 8, 2023.

Netanyahu backed down from firing minister who called to nuke Gaza

The far-right lawmaker later said on X that 'any sensible person' knew the comments that Israel could use a nuclear weapon in the Gaza Strip were 'metaphorical.'

NOVEMBER 5, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu arrives to a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2023.

Israeli minister: IDF must move away from 'People's Army' model

Eliyahu's comments come amid ongoing coalition talks regarding a new draft law for ultra-Orthodox Israelis who study in yeshivas.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ISRAELI SOLDIERS pray at the Western Wall.