The Israeli foreign minister has lamented the “blatant unfairness” exhibited by the top EU diplomat
West Jerusalem will cut “all contact” with EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas over her reported comparison of the country to apartheid-era South Africa, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has announced.
Relations between the bloc and Israel’s far-right government have steadily deteriorated in the past few years over the war in Gaza, accelerating illegal settlement building, and the invasion of Lebanon. The EU has for years been accused of double standards over its failure to prosecute Israel for possible genocide, while imposing 21 rounds of sanctions against Russia. The gaffe-prone Kallas recently tried to compensate for Brussels’ weak position with statements more critical of Israel.
On Thursday, Sa’ar referenced recent media reports that Kallas had compared modern Israel to apartheid-era South Africa during a private meeting. The minister accused the EU top diplomat of “acting obsessively and with blatant unfairness” and vowed to sever contact with her.
“As the Foreign Minister of the State of Israel, I have no choice but to sever all contact with Ms. Kallas until she retracts the blood libel she directed at the world’s only Jewish state, which is also the only democracy in the Middle East,” Sa’ar wrote on X.
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