EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy Kallas said the EU remains "committed to constructive relations" with Israel after Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar said he would cut all contact until Kallas retracts or clarifies comments comparing Israel's treatment of Palestinians to apartheid South Africa. Kallas said there are many ties between the EU and Israel and she values constructive, respect-based engagement, but stressed the "two-state solution" is the only viable path to Middle East peace and reiterated the EU's condemnation of Israeli settlement construction in the occupied West Bank.(金十数据)