JERUSALEM -- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said on Thursday that he is severing all contact with European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas for reportedly comparing Israel to apartheid-era South Africa.
The Israeli minister said on the social media platform X that Kallas has been acting obsessively and with blatant unfairness toward Israel.
Sa'ar said Kallas has issued "no denial, clarification, or response" regarding the reported remarks she made during her visit to Mexico last month.
He added that cutting ties with Kallas will be in effect "until she retracts the blood libel."
In response, Kallas, a former Estonian prime minister, said she valued "dialogue and engagement" with Israel and that the EU remained committed to a "constructive relationship," but she made no mention of the reported apartheid comment.
