Avi Dichter

Who are the Likud ministers, MKs unlikely to make it into 26th Knesset? - explainer

Several current Likud ministers and MKs are expected to lose their seats in the 26th Knesset following October's election, largely because the party's size is expected to shrink from 36 to 20-25 MKs.

|ByJAMES GENN
Campaign materials of candidates who ran in yesterday’s Likud primary elections are seen in Jerusalem, August 18, 2026
Agriculture and Raw Food Security Minister Avi Dichter attends Economic Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on March 26, 2025.

Likud officials pressuring Netanyahu to move Avi Dichter into realistic party position using 'swap'

This message is now being conveyed to Netanyahu primarily because of Dichter's status as a former Shin Bet chief and concerns that Likud could enter the election without a senior security figure.

|ByANNA BARSKY
The joint US-Israel military strikes on Iran mark more than a tactical military operation. They represent a fundamental realignment – President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have closed a strategic gap that successive American administrations never fully bridged.

Likud minister contradicts Netanyahu, says US limiting Israel's actions in Lebanon

Dichter, a member of the security cabinet, offered a rare glimpse on Wednesday into the decision-making constraints shaping Israel’s conduct on the northern front.

|ByWALLA
Extreme right-wing activists block car of former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak, January 28, 2026.

Protests, courts, and control: Israel’s struggle for power and moral high ground - opinion

Street harassment is unacceptable when it targets the wrong people, power, not principle, explains the rage.

|ByYISRAEL MEDAD

Agriculture minister says Netanyahu tapped him to replace DM Gallant

Dichter also rejected claims that his support of the judicial reform was to strengthen his chances of becoming the defense minister.

AUGUST 3, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Netanyahu and Dichter at the Knesset Foreign Affairs Committee

Likud minister says 'zealots' pushing 'extreme legislation' and protests

Aliyah Minister Ofir Sofer also called for restraint by coalition members to restore calm and strengthen solidarity.

JULY 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu convenes his cabinet in Jerusalem.

Gallant still Israel's acting defense minister: Who is poised to replace him?

The Jerusalem Post understood that there really still was no clarity between Gallant and Netanyahu regarding where things were going.

MARCH 28, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on February 15, 2023

Former IDF chiefs: Convene security cabinet to discuss judicial reform

Likud's Avi Dichter and Eli Dallal both stressed they would support the bill, despite Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's call to halt the legislation.

MARCH 26, 2023ByELIAV BREUER, YONAH JEREMY BOB
(From left) JACOB NAGEL, then national security adviser, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee head Avi Dichter at a 2017 meeting in the Knesset. (

Netanyahu announces new security cabinet

Benjamin Netanyahu announced his new security cabinet, of which eight of the 11 seats were from his Likud Party.

JANUARY 3, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset.

Ohana becomes first gay Knesset Speaker as Netanyahu retakes office

Amir Ohana thanked his husband, Alon, for supporting him during his first speech as Knesset Speaker.

DECEMBER 29, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next to Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana in the Knesset Plenum, December 29, 2022.

Smotrich's Rabin speech 'out of touch with reality,' Likud's Dichter says

Dichter, a former Shin Bet head and potential Defense Ministry candidate, condemned Smotrich for his rhetoric during a memorial session for former prime minister assassinated 27 years ago.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Likud MK Avi Dichter speaks at an event ahead of next month's Likud primaries in Petah Tikva, July 19, 2022

Knesset members welcomed in Indonesia

MKs Avi Dichter (Likud) and Nira Shpak (Yesh Atid) led an Israeli delegation to an International Parliamentary Union conference in Bali, the first official Israeli visit in 30 years.

MARCH 21, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
MKs Avi Dichter and Nira Shpak greeted at the International Parliamentary Union conference in Indonesia, March 21, 2022.

Joint List MK kicked out of c'tee after harsh comments towards UAE guests

"There is one party in our parliament that voted against the Abraham Accords. They refuse to acknowledge that it is a new Middle East."

DECEMBER 22, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE
Emirati guests at a meeting of the Knesset Special Committee for the Israeli Citizens' Fund

Gideon Sa'ar: Benjamin Netanyahu panicking from primaries

Avi Dichter criticicizes Netanyahu attack on Attorney-General

NOVEMBER 27, 2019ByGIL HOFFMAN
Gideon Sa'ar