Slovenia and the Czech Republic blocked a joint EU statement against E1 construction, forcing Kaja Kallas to issue one alone, as Jerusalem sees a sharp shift under Ljubljana’s new government ahead of Israel’s first embassy opening there in September

Slovenia undermined Western reaction to Israel's drastic carve-up of the West Bank, signalling that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a new EU inside-man.

Slovenia downgraded a joint EU statement condemning Israel's planned settlement construction in the West Bank's E1, leading to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas issuing a…