Israel accuses EU's top diplomat of 'blood libel' and severs ties

Israel accuses EU's top diplomat of 'blood libel' and severs ties Israel's foreign minister has launched an extraordinary attack on the European Union's top diplomat, accusing her of "acting obsessively and with blatant unfairness toward the State of Israel" and severing all ties with her. Gideon Saar said on Thursday that Kaja Kallas had "compared Israel to the racist apartheid regime that existed in South Africa", a comparison he referred to as a "blood libel". "I am grateful to the many European elected representatives who condemned this grave statement," Saar posted on social media.