Amihai Eliyahu

Amihai Eliyahu
עמיחי בן אליהו‎
Ministerial roles
2022–Minister of Heritage
Faction represented in the Knesset
2022–2023Otzma Yehudit
Personal details
Born (1979-04-24) 24 April 1979 (age 45)
Jerusalem, Israel
Political partyOtzma Yehudit
Children6[1]
Parent(s)Shmuel Eliyahu (father)
Mordechai Eliyahu (paternal grandfather)
Residence(s)Rimonim, Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, West Bank

Amihai Ben-Eliyahu (Hebrew: עמיחי בן אליהו; born 24 April 1979),[2][3] commonly known as Amihai Eliyahu (Hebrew: עמיחי אליהו), is an Israeli far-right[4][5][6] politician and activist who has been serving as Minister of Heritage since 2022. Eliyahu also briefly served as a member of the Knesset for Otzma Yehudit following the 2022 Israeli legislative election.

In 2023, Eliyahu received international attention for his suggestion that nuclear weapons be used in the Gaza Strip in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[5] He is a resident of the West Bank settlement of Rimonim.[7]

  1. ^ "Who is Amichai Eliyahu? Israel Heritage Minister Suspended over Gaza Nuclear Comment". 6 November 2023.
  2. ^ הציונות הדתית בראשות בצלאל סמוטריץ ועוצמה יהודית בראשות איתמר בן גביר [Religious Zionism led by Bezalel Smotrich and Otzma Yehudit led by Itamar Ben Gvir] (in Hebrew). Government of Israel. 15 September 2022.
  3. ^ "חבר הכנסת עמיחי אליהו". Knesset (in Hebrew). Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. ^ Marsden, Ariella (5 November 2023). "Netanyahu backed down from firing minister who called to nuke Gaza". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  5. ^ a b Berman, Lazar (5 November 2023). "Netanyahu suspends from cabinet meetings minister who touted option of nuking Gaza". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Far-right minister says Green Line 'fictitious,' urges annexation of West Bank". The Times of Israel. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).