AFL WEBINAR BRIEFINGS

Minister Amichai Chikli serves as Minister of Diaspora Affairs in the 25th Knesset.  Amichai first entered the Knesset as a member of the Yamina faction in 2021 but took a principled stance and refused to join the Lapid-Bennett coalition that included anti-Zionist factions. 
Amichai is a Major in the IDF; he was a member of the elite Shayetet 13 unit, Israel's "Navy Seals", and also served as a company commander of the elite commando Egoz unit.  
He holds a BA in Middle Eastern Studies and Security from Tel Aviv University. 
Amichai was born in Jerusalem to immigrants from France and lives with his family in the Galilee in Northern Israel.