Gideon Saar
ON THE RECORD · 15 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“We will work hard because this is the diplomatic battle over the truth,”
Gideon Saar · said 2026-10-08 · reported 2026-10-17
Saar announced Colombia would move its embassy to Jerusalem and emphasized the importance of the development for Israel's diplomatic narrative.
“And the truth is, Jerusalem was always the capital of one nation.”
Gideon Saar · said 2026-10-08 · reported 2026-10-17
Saar announced Colombia would move its embassy to Jerusalem and emphasized the importance of the development for Israel's diplomatic narrative.
“the consul general and 20 diplomats (including the consul general) are ending their duties and will leave Israel.”
Gideon Saar · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-08
Saar said talks with the UK government had resulted in agreement on certain principles, including that the consul general and 20 diplomats were ending their duties and would leave Israel.
“The British Consulate in Jerusalem is closing its operations today. Accordingly, the sign of the British Consulate in Jerusalem has been removed,”
Gideon Saar · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-08
Saar announced on social media that the British Consulate in Jerusalem was closing its operations and its sign had been removed.
“Next Wednesday, we are going to inaugurate … the Colombian embassy,”
Gideon Saar · said 2026-10-08 · reported 2026-10-08
Saar told attendees at a conference in Jerusalem that the Colombian embassy would open next week.
“We did not want it to come to this,”
Gideon Saar · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-08
Saar wrote on social media about the closure of the British consulate after UK sanctions on Israeli settlements.
“We will work hard because this is the diplomatic battle over the truth. And the truth is, Jerusalem was always the capital of one nation,”
Gideon Saar · said 2026-10-08 · reported 2026-10-08
Saar dismissed Palestinian claims to Jerusalem, calling it the diplomatic battle over the truth.
“the property of the British government”
Gideon Saar · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-08
Saar acknowledged that the building is the property of the British government while announcing the agreed restrictions.
“a task force of only seven diplomats with a very limited scope of activity”
Gideon Saar · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-08
Saar said Israel had authorised a task force of only seven diplomats with a very limited scope of activity to operate in the building.
“I think that with the possible results in Brazil, they might have the same move,”
Gideon Saar · said 2026-10-08 · reported 2026-10-08
Saar suggested Brazil might also open an embassy in Jerusalem after right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro won the first round of the presidential election.
“no steps will be taken against Israel”
Gideon Saar · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-08
Saar said that as a result of the agreement with the UK, no steps will be taken against Israel.
“with a very limited scope of activity”
Gideon Saar · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-08
Saar said Israel had authorised a task force of seven diplomats with a very limited scope of activity to remain in the building.
“This is a clear expression of Israel’s commitment to our friendship and to its future,”
Gideon Saar · said 2026-09-09 · reported 2026-09-10
Saar travelled to Slovenia for the embassy inauguration and spoke at a news conference, thanking the Slovenian government and Jansa for their friendship.
“a series of anti-Israel measures taken by the Dutch government,”
Gideon Saar · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-27
Saar said the decision to remove Dutch diplomats was in response to anti-Israel measures by the Dutch government.
“The Jewish people have the right to live throughout the Land of Israel, just as the British have the right to live in London and throughout the United Kingdom,”
Gideon Saar · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar defended settlement plans on social media in response to UK criticism.