Israeli FM Gideon Saar severs ties with EU chief Kallas after apartheid remarks

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar 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 via X/Twitter Thursday.

“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 not denied, clarified, or 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

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