apartheid-era policies

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced he is severing all contact with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas after she reportedly compared Israel’s policies toward Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza to South Africa’s apartheid-era system. Kallas emphasized the EU’s commitment to a two-state solution and criticized Israeli settlements, while Saar called her remarks 'shameful and libelous' and accused her of unfairness toward Israel.