Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Thursday said he was cutting ties to the EU's foreign policy representative Kaja Kallas , challenging her to address a  Euractiv media report claiming that she compared Israel's treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza to  Apartheid South Africa in a visit to Mexico last month.  The move comes amid strain on EU relations with Israel amid the conflicts that followed the October 7, 2023 attacks and more longstanding points of disagreement like