Le ministre israélien de la Diaspora, Amichai Chikli, a demandé la fermeture du consulat de France à Jérusalem, l’accusant de soutenir le terrorisme. Il critique notamment la visite de diplomates français dans des librairies des quartiers est de Jérusalem, considérées par Israël comme incitant à la violence.
Chikli estime que ces actions compromettent la souveraineté israélienne et appelle à des mesures pour fermer les consulats étrangers à Jérusalem.
LE PLUS. Amichai Chikli is an Israeli politician currently serving as the Minister of Diaspora Affairs. He served in the 24th Knesset as part of the Yamina party slate, and in the 25th Knesset as part of Likud.
Chikli was born in Jerusalem in 1981 to Rabbi Eitan Chikli and artist Camille Chikli, who had emigrated from France. The family lived in Kibbutz Hanaton, the only kibbutz founded by the Masorti movement.The family attended synagogue services from different streams of Judaism.
After completing high school, he spent a year in Ma’ayan Baruch attending the Social Leadership Institute. He then joined the Israel Defense Forces and served in the Golani Brigade and the Shayetet 13 naval unit. He subsequently studied for a bachelor’s degree in security and Middle Eastern studies at the Tactical Command Academy, after which he became a company commander in the Egoz Unit. After leaving the army he began studying for a master’s degree in diplomacy and security at Tel Aviv University. During his studies he established the Tavor Academy for Social Leadership in Nazareth Illit in 2010.
Diaspora Affairs Minister
As part of his position, he met leaders and rabbis in the diaspora from the Reform, Conservative and Orthodox communities. He met Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism in the United States. He also met leaders of the Orthodox Union, the Jewish Federations of North America and Agudath Israel of America.
In January 2023, at the Israeli American Council‘s conference in Texas he discussed proposals to amend the grandchild clause of the Law of Return. He expressed concern that a high number of recent immigrants from former Soviet Union countries are not connected to Judaism and that many do not settle long-term in Israel. He announced that diaspora Jewry would be involved in any process to revise the law and that he supports compromise.
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