Foreign Minister Israel Katz issued a response on Tuesday to a statement made by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell regarding Israeli aspirations to annex parts of the West Bank, liking Borrel to European noblemen who oppressed Diaspora Jews in medieval times.
"Borrel is not the paritz (a Jewish derogatory term for European noblemen in the middle ages) and we are not the Jews of the Diaspora who bow their heads. His style is inappropriate," said Katz. "Gone are the days anybody threatened the Jews and the Jewish state. We will continue to build and develop all regions of the State of Israel and its capital Jerusalem."