European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas is accused of comparing Israel to South African apartheid. File Photo by Thomas Traasdahl/EPA
June 18 (UPI) -- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar announced Thursday that he is cutting all contact with Kaja Kallas, the European Union's foreign policy chief, after she compared Israel to South Africa under apartheid.
The two had a public argument on X. Sa'ar said Kallas "has for some time now been acting obsessively and with blatant unfairness toward the State of Israel," and pointed to a report that she made the apartheid comment in May.
Sa'ar accused Kallas of directing a "blood libel" at Israel and said he would "sever all contact with Ms. Kallas" until she took back what she said.
Kallas has not confirmed or denied the comments but tried to defuse the spat on Thursday.
