Israel has suspended diplomatic contact with the European Union’s newly appointed foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, following comments she made regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The decision, directed by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, comes in response to Kallas allegedly comparing Israeli policies in the West Bank to apartheid. This diplomatic rupture marks a continuation of tense relations between Israel and the EU’s foreign policy leadership, succeeding previous friction under Kallas’s predecessor, Josep Borrell.
- Israel has officially halted direct communication with Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s new High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
- The diplomatic suspension was ordered by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in response to controversial statements attributed to Kallas.
- The dispute stems from allegations that Kallas compared Israel’s governance and policies in the West Bank to apartheid.
- The move underscores ongoing friction between Israel and European Union leadership over the conflict in the Middle East.
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It's time the World cut ties with Israel.
Kallas is callous.
She is not fit for the post. She has no personality, no gravity.
She might have been good for her own country, but too weak for the EU.
Shame on EU 🇪🇺. Genocide keep continuing and no sanctions on them but Russia still sanctions without killing more than 100000 Palestinians. Complicity
Kallas shouldnt try to "fix" this. It is high time that someone in power recognizes the Gaza genocide.
True worse
The First to Offend are Always the First to be Offended…Ie Israel.
100 percent it’s either that or a genocide,.
She said what every single human righrs organisation have said. Including Israeli human rights organisations.
"it's apartheid" (
@ICAHD
, 2010)
"it's apartheid" (
@UNESCWA
, 2017)
"it's apartheid" (
@YeshDin
, 2020)
"it's apartheid" (
@AdalahCenter
, 2020)
"it's apartheid" (
@btselem
, 2021)
“it's apartheid" (
@hrw
, 2021)
"it's apartheid" (
@fidh_en
, 2021)
"it's apartheid" (
@alhaq_org
, 2022)
"it's apartheid" (
@Addameer
, 2022)
"it's apartheid" (
@AlMezanCenter
, 2022)
"it's apartheid" (
@cacalqudsuni
, 2022)
"it's apartheid" (
@AdvocacyJlac
, 2022)
"it's apartheid" (
@miftahpal
, 2022)
"it's apartheid" (
@UN
, 2022)
"it's apartheid" (
@ICJ_org
, 2022)
"it's apartheid" (
@DAWNmenaorg
, 2022)
"it's apartheid" (
@amnesty
, 2022)
When we end Israel, we will end wars. Period.
The Germans should withdraw their veto
She should be proud of it.
Being cut off by a Genocidal Country is a good thing.
Europe should have done it years ago.
I'm sure she is really upset about the fact 😂
Nowadays who gives a F to what Israel has to say any more? The EU has stepped up to help Ukraine and many other countries! Respect!
Actually apartheid pales in face of Israel!! 😂😂😂😂😂
Wasn’t Mandela and Carter who said that before!!???????
Kallas: You ARE correct! Thanks for being truthful…and mild😂mannered….
Where is the fallacy?
Europe doesn’t count, Vance was talking about powerful allies, not lapdogs! 😂😂😂😂😂
What's new KAJA …no one wants to talk to her in the world …USA …China …Russia …now Israel
Reality check. EU…I…not equals. One is the mature adult, the other, a selfish, but dangerous child. "Listen, little 'I,' this is called consequences. Now run along."
The war criminals cut ties with EU: good.
Israel is absolutely an aparthied state. Almost half of the population they control has no vote and no rights.
EU should cut all ties with the rogue state of Israel.
It should be reverse, EU should stop ties with terrorist israel
Israeli drones prowl Gaza armed with machine guns, executing men women and children every day of the so called 'cease fire'.
Gees. I didn't see it that way. But seems true
We are living in a world of heavily brainwashed. You just cant't do anything to change it.
🇺🇦 Freedom for Ukraine.
🇵🇸 Freedom for Palestine.
kallas is correct. no statement needed- WHEN IT IS TRUE.
bye bye israel to the brotherhood of democratic nations. they, often illegally, insinuate themselves into any card they can play. murder is murder. occupation of a foreign nation is occupation. and hiding behind some weird religious bs game: is not good optics. american$$$ are over whatever relationship it is/was. there is no relationship, with a majority of american voters right now. kallas is correct to point out this damning murderous racist behavior. no adults in the room scenario once again. no thank you.
Truth hurts, ehuh?
Maybe Kaja Kallas wouldn’t compare Israel to apartheid if Israel didn’t do apartheid? Also, Israel needs the EU more than the other way around. If the EU had the cojones, they’d sanction Israel.
DW.
Compared to Apartheid? Shockingly true.
Good, you don't need to business with genocidal country.
No one cares if you are the world's only Jewish state, if you are also an apartheid state.
Germans, overcome your sense of guilty, 80 years old. Too much killing in Palestine. Merz, show some spine.
But but Kallas was so supportive of Israel’s genocide.
That woman and the EU have no spine. They have to change!!!
European governments are so weak and cowardly towards the apartheid state it's embarrassing.
"blood libel" is really overused, like "anti-semite", to silence critics of war crimes and genocide. we all have eyes and ears, and we can see what has been happening to Palestinians for generations. Israel doesn't allow them to build anything on land that does not belong to Israel, and on top of that they expedite approvals for increasingly rapidly expanding ILLEGAL settlements. they advertise Palestinian land for sale in other countries, to encourage more ILLEGAL settlements. the settlements are then fenced off and connected by roads only Israelis can use, and it's being strategically done to separate Palestinians from eachother. Gaza is so isolated, it's an open air-prison.
It's funny how Israel got the audacity to judge another person for the crimes they have committed…
It's like a criminal condeming a judge or juries for passing a guilty sentencing for murder.
That's a wrong comparison. Apartheid was a henious racist system but didn't commit genocide. Israel's regime is like the toxic person that cuts ties with all his friends who are honest enough to tell the truth. Israel believes that controlling the narrative, the world will look elsewhere. It won't