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From Delo · () Slovenian

Translated from Slovenian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

Opinion Named sources Context piece
  • The column argues that ignoring public opinion has already brought down Janez Janša’s governments three times and questions whether the pattern will change.
  • It criticizes Slovenia’s blocking of an EU statement on the expansion of illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank and links the move to Janša’s relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu.
  • The piece presents the blockade as part of a broader shift in Slovenia’s foreign-policy doctrine.

The belief that public opinion does not matter has already buried Janez Janša’s rule three times. The columnist says he would not bet on a different outcome the fourth time.

The piece describes Slovenia’s blocking of a joint European Union statement on the expansion of illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank as the biggest change in the country’s foreign policy in decades. The shift had been announced for a long time, the author writes, but its full implications were not properly understood.

The article says the settlement construction has been accompanied by actions that even the conservative Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post has described, without softening its language, as terrorism. Critics in Slovenia and abroad have characterized the blockade as Janša returning a favor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu’s response, quoted in the article, was brief: “Thank you, Janez.” The column presents the episode as more than a single diplomatic disagreement, arguing that it was followed by an unannounced but long-predicted change in Slovenia’s foreign-policy doctrine.

Thank you, Janez.

· Benjamin NetanyahuThe article says Netanyahu posted the message on social media after Slovenia blocked the EU statement.
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Originally published by Delo in Slovenian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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