Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša met Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan for a lengthy political meeting on Monday evening. Dagan's office called it the first meeting between a sitting EU leader and an official representative of Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria. The two released a joint statement, with Janša saying "God bless the people of Judea and Samaria" and Dagan responding "We stand together — and we will win together." The meeting follows Slovenia's recent reversal of sanctions on Judea and Samaria under the new government.
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša met Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan on Monday evening for a working political meeting, Dagan's office reported. It was described as the first official meeting between a sitting European Union leader and a representative of Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria.
The meeting caps a rapid reshaping of Slovenia's Israel policy under Janša, who took office this month. As The Zioneer reported Monday at 18:28 (before the meeting itself was confirmed), Janša's government had earlier that day lifted sanctions on imports from Judea and Samaria. The new government also reversed an arms embargo and persona non grata designations on Israeli officials that the previous administration imposed, as reported June 11. Janša additionally announced he would fire a local airport manager who denied an Israeli plane landing rights (The Zioneer, June 3), and approved Israir flights (June 5).
During the meeting, the two issued a joint video statement. Janša said: "God bless the people of Judea and Samaria." Dagan responded: "We stand together — and we will win together." According to Dagan's office, Slovenia has joined Czechia in an automatic veto on any antisemitic EU resolution, and the Israeli side expects Slovenia to follow through on its pledge to move its embassy to Jerusalem.
The source's characterization of Dagan's political future — stating he has accumulated extensive diplomatic experience and is fit to run for prime minister — is an opinion by the reporting channel and not asserted as objective fact.
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- ConfirmedSlovenia's new government reverses arms embargo, bans on Israeli officials
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