Amichai Chikli

Jerusalem deputy mayor pushes to rename King George street after UK sanctions on settlements

Deputy Mayor Aryeh King submitted the request Wednesday morning to Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, who also serves as chairman of the street naming committee.

Streets in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are named after Britain’s King George V due to the Balfour Declaration supporting the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in what was then known as Palestine, which was issued during his reign.
Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli attends a conference against antisemitism in Jerusalem, January 26, 2026.

Chikli turns down apology to Gaza border communities for Oct. 7, blames Oslo accords

Pro-Palestinian activists attend a protest against Israel's new death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of deadly terror attacks, in London, Britain, March 31, 2026.

Diaspora Minister Chikli seeks entry bans for UK activists from pro-BDS, anti-Israel orgs.

 1: Outgoing Israeli Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Galit Peleg, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli and Milorad Dodik attend the inauguration of the Israel Chamber of Commerce representative office in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, September 3, 2026.

Israel opens first Chamber of Commerce office in Republika Srpska, Bosnia


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

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