{"id":510449,"date":"2026-06-25T13:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/510449\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:16:09","slug":"israeli-fm-hails-slovenia-statehood-day-amid-thaw-in-ties-israel-jewish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/510449\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli FM hails Slovenia Statehood Day amid thaw in ties &#8211; Israel &#038; Jewish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            (June 25, 2026 \/ JNS)\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar on Thursday congratulated Slovenia\u2019s leadership and people on Statehood Day, signaling warming ties following a recent political shift in Ljubljana.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, Sa\u2019ar extended \u201cwarmest congratulations\u201d to Prime Minister Janez Jan\u0161a, Foreign Minister Tanja Kajzer and the Slovenian public, adding that he looks forward to \u201cstrengthening the bonds between our nations\u201d and opening \u201ca new chapter in Israeli-Slovenian relations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The message comes as Slovenia\u2019s new government has reversed several policies of its predecessor, including <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/israel-news\/slovenia-scraps-anti-israel-sanctions\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">scrapping<\/a> anti-Israel sanctions and an arms embargo, and as Israel prepares to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/israel-news\/saar-israel-set-to-open-first-ever-embassy-in-slovenia\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">open<\/a> its first-ever embassy in the country.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Warmest congratulations to PM <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JJansaSDS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow\">@JJansaSDS<\/a>, FM <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TKajzer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow\">@TKajzer<\/a> and the people of Slovenia on your Statehood Day! <br \/>Wishing you success and prosperity. <br \/>I look forward to strengthening the bonds between our nations as we open a new chapter in Israeli-Slovenian relations. \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee<br \/>Vse najbolj\u0161e,\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gideon Sa&#8217;ar | \u05d2\u05d3\u05e2\u05d5\u05df \u05e1\u05e2\u05e8 (@gidonsaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gidonsaar\/status\/2070088014248710210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(June 25, 2026 \/ JNS) Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar on Thursday congratulated Slovenia\u2019s leadership and people on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-510449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}