Israel’s foreign minister cuts ties with top EU diplomat over ‘apartheid’ remark

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Israel’s foreign minister has cut diplomatic ties with the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, over remarks comparing Israel to apartheid South Africa. This diplomatic rift has intensified amid the ongoing Gaza war and increased violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Israel’s foreign minister said on Thursday that he was severing all contact with the European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas over reported remarks in which she allegedly compared Israel to the apartheid regime that once ruled South Africa. Diplomatic relations between Israel and the EU have come under heavy strain since the Gaza war erupted in October 2023, as well as over violence by Israeli settlers towards Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. On Thursday, Gideon Saar accused EU foreign...