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EU foreign policy chief responds after Gideon Sa'ar boycott threat
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First reported by Kikar HaShabbat · Jun 18, 2026
What happened
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas answered Gideon Sa'ar after he said he would boycott her over anti-Israel remarks. Kallas defended EU-Israel dialogue and a two-state solution, while Sa'ar said she still had not denied reports that she called Israel an “apartheid regime.”
- 01Kaja Kallas replied after Gideon Sa'ar announced a boycott over her remarks.
- 02She said EU-Israel dialogue should continue in a respectful, constructive spirit.
- 03Kallas reiterated that a two-state solution is the only path to Middle East peace.
- 04She said the EU condemns illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
- 05Sa'ar said she still had not denied reports that she called Israel an “apartheid regime".
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