Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar is severing all ties with EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas, following her remarks she made during her recent visit to Mexico, comparing Israel to the racist South African apartheid regime, he announced in a Thursday X/Twitter post.
“Ms. Kallas…has for some time now been acting obsessively and with blatant unfairness toward the State of Israel,” Saar said in his statement.
To date, Kallas has neither denied nor clarified, nor responded, which prompted the foreign minister’s decision.
The foreign minister applauded European officials who condemned her remarks.
“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,” the statement said.
“And this is what I am doing,” he concluded.
Kallas responded to Sa’ar, reaffirming EU-Israel relations on X, Thursday.
“I value our dialogue and engagement, and I’m open to continue in that spirit, respectfully and constructively…The EU is always committed to a constructive relationship with Israel,” Kallas said.
Kallas also reaffirmed support for a two-state solution while condemning “illegal settlements” in the West Bank.
“To bring peace to the Middle East, the Two-State Solution remains the only viable path. The EU has condemned the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which make it increasingly difficult to get to that goal. That is the EU position,” the statement concluded.
