Kallas Seeks Dialogue With Israel After Sa'ar Cuts Contact Over Apartheid Remark
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Updated · Euronews · Jun 18
Kallas Seeks Dialogue With Israel After Sa'ar Cuts Contact Over Apartheid Remark
3 articles · Updated · Euronews · Jun 18
Summary
Kaja Kallas said she valued “dialogue and engagement” with Israel and called for a constructive relationship, but she did not address the reported apartheid comparison that triggered Israel’s rupture.
Gideon Sa’ar said he had “no choice” but to sever all contact with the EU foreign policy chief until she retracts what he called a “blood libel” against Israel.
Kallas instead restated the EU line that a two-state solution is the only viable path to peace and again condemned Israeli settlements in the West Bank as illegal.
The clash lands amid the Gaza war, which began after Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack killed about 1,200 people and took roughly 250 hostages; Gaza health authorities say around 73,000 people have since died.