Zdi se, da bo Slovenija zamrznila priznanje palestinske države, o čemer je premier Janez Janša razkril v intervjuju za izraelsko novico. Načrtuje tudi premestitev slovenskega veleposlaništva v Izraelu iz Tel Aviva v Jeruzalem. Obe napovedi sta povzročili odzive in kritike pri nekaterih strokovnjakih in politikih.
“The left-wing government that ruled Slovenia in recent years recognised a Palestinian state in violation of Slovenian law,” Janša recently told the newspaper Israel Hayom.
„Levo usmerjena vlada, ki je v zadnjih letih vodila Slovenijo, je priznala palestinsko državo v kršitev slovenskega pravnega reda,“ je Janša nedavno povedal časopisu Israel Hayom.
“We will uphold the law and freeze their illegal decision. We raised this as a condition for our participation in the coalition negotiations, and everyone agreed.”
„Zakon bomo upoštevali in zamrznili njihovo nezakonito odločitev. To smo postavili kot pogoj za naše sodelovanje pri pogajanjih za koalicijo, in vsi so se s tem strinjali.“
Responding, his predecessor Robert Golob, whose government recognised a Palestinian state in 2024, said that what they had done meant recognising the basic right to self-determination, which “is in the Slovenian DNA”.
Odzval se njegov predhodnik Robert Golob, katerega vlada je priznala palestinsko državo leta 2024, in dejal, da je to, kar so storili, pomenilo priznanje temeljne pravice do samoodločbe, ki je „v slovenski DNK“.
He added that his government had based their actions “on respect for international law and the two-state solution as the only real basis for the long-term security and co-existence of Palestinians and Israelis”.
Dodal je, da so njihove odločitve temeljile na spoštovanju mednarodnega prava in na rešitvi dveh držav kot edini pravi osnovi za dolgoročno varnost in sobivanje Palestincev in Izraelcev.
De-recognition could affect Slovenia’s relations with Middle East countries
Odbiranje ali preklic priznanja bi lahko vplivalo na odnose Slovenije z državami Srednjega vzhoda
Janša’s move does not come as too big of a surprise since the new government, which took over in early June, is known to be pro-Israel. Foreign Minister Tone Kajzer has announced a more pragmatic approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but he also vowed not to pursue a 180-degree shift when it comes to Palestine.
Janševa poteza ni presenečenje, saj je nova vlada, ki je prevzela oblast v začetku junija, znana po proizraelskem stališču. Minister za zunanje zadeve Tone Kajzer je napovedal bolj pragmatičen pristop k izraelsko-palestinskemu sporu, vendar se je zavezal, da ne bo izvedel 180-stopinjskega preobrata glede Palestine.
One of the government’s steps to rekindle a good relationship with Israel has been the lifting of entry bans on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and two far-right cabinet members in mid-June.
En korak vlade k ponovnemu vzpostavljanju dobrih odnosov z Izraelom je bil sredi junija odprava vstopnih prepoved za izraelskega premierja Benjamina Netanjahuja in dva člana vlade iz skrajne desnice.
However, the de-recognition of a state heralds a bigger change. Such a move is not common worldwide but it is not unheard of either. For example, some countries have revoked their recognition of Taiwan to align themselves with China, and a similar thing has been known to happen to Kosovo.
Vendar pa razglasitev ali preklic priznanja države napoveduje večjo preobrazbo. Tak ukrep ni pogost po svetu, vendar ni neznan. Na primer, nekatere države so odrekle priznanje Tajvanu, da bi se uskladile s Kitajsko, podobnih primerov pa je bilo tudi pri Kosovu.
Slovenia’s potential decision to revoke or suspend the recognition of Palestine could affect its relations with other Middle East countries. In recent years these ties have intensified, and two examples of cooperation are a 2022 deal that secured natural gas from Algeria and that was extended last year, and the support Slovenia received in organising repatriation flights after the Iran war broke out earlier this year.
Morebitna odločitev Slovenije, da prekliče ali ustavi priznanje Palestine, bi lahko vplivala na odnose z drugimi državami Srednjega vzhoda. V zadnjih letih so ti stiki okrepili; dva primera sodelovanja sta pogodba iz leta 2022, ki je zagotovila naravni plin iz Alžirije in je bila lani podaljšana, ter podpora Sloveniji pri organizaciji repatriacijskih letov po tem, ko je v začetku letošnjega leta izbruhnila vojna z Iranom.
Moving embassy to Jerusalem would be an EU first
Premestitev veleposlaništva v Jeruzalem bi bila prva v EU
Janša sees Israel as a strategic and democratic partner contributing to regional stability and the fight against terrorism. He believes Israel also shares fundamental values of freedom and the rule of law with Europe.
Janša vidi Izrael kot strateškega in demokratičnega partnerja, ki prispeva k regionalni stabilnosti in boju proti terorizmu. Verjame, da Izrael s Evropo deli tudi temeljne vrednote svobode in vladavine prava.
“Israel is not Europe’s problem, it is one of its most important allies,” he told Israel Hayom in an issue published on 26 June. The paper writes that the Slovenian prime minister intends to voice his stance in Brussels in a bid to strengthen the bloc of Israel supporters and oppose any attempt of introducing sanctions against Israel or the Israeli people. He also seeks to invite Israelis to visit and invest in Slovenia.
„Izrael ni težava Evrope, ampak eden izmed njenih najpomembnejših zaveznikov,“ je dejal za Israel Hayom v izdaji objavljeni 26. junija. Časopis piše, da namerava slovenski premier svoje stališče izpostaviti v Bruslju, z namenom krepitve koalicije zaveznikov Izraela in nasprotovanja kakršnemu koli poskusu uvedbe sankcij proti Izraelu ali izraelskemu ljudstvu. Prav tako želi Izraelce povabiti, naj obiščejo in investirajo v Sloveniji.
According to Janša, the previous government dragged the Slovenia-Israel relations to an all-time-low, and among his efforts to restore those ties is the relocation of the Slovenian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Po Janševem mnenju je prejšnja vlada potegnila odnose Slovenije z Izraelom na najnižjo raven v zgodovini, med njegovimi prizadevanji za obnovo teh vezi pa je tudi premestitev slovenskega veleposlaništva iz Tel Aviva v Jeruzalem.
If Slovenia opted for this, it would be the first EU member to do so and the move would not be aligned with the bloc’s foreign policy on the Middle East conflict. Worldwide, only a few countries, including the US, Kosovo, Guatemala and Honduras, have their embassies in Jerusalem.
Če bi Slovenija izbrala to pot, bi bila prva članica EU, ki bi to storila, in ta poteza ne bi bila skladna z zunanjepolitičnimi usmeritvami bloka glede konflikta na Bližnjem vzhodu. Po svetu ima le nekaj držav, vključno z ZDA, Kosovom, Gvatemalo in Hondurasom, svoja veleposlaništva v Jeruzalemu.
The announcement comes after Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said that Israel, which currently covers Slovenia diplomatically from Vienna, would open an embassy in Ljubljana for the first time.
Napoved sledi po tem, ko je izraelski zunanji minister Gideon Sa’ar dejal, da bo Izrael, ki trenutno Slovenijo diplomatsko pokriva iz Dunaja, prvič odprl veleposlaništvo v Ljubljani.
Pro-Israel stance draws criticism from some
Podpora Izraelu prinaša kritike pri nekaterih
Telling Janša to “calm down”, Golob noted that the diplomatic missions of the EU member states are based in Tel Aviv because “the long-standing position of the EU is that Jerusalem is the future joint capital of Israel and Palestine”.
„Umiri se,“ je dejal Golob in opozoril, da so diplomatske misije držav članic EU v Tel Avivu, ker „dolgotrajna pozicija EU je, da Jeruzalem ostaja prihodnja skupna prestolnica Izraela in Palestine“.
The SocDems and the Left, the two parties that were coalition partners of Golob’s Freedom Movement in the previous administration and are now part of the opposition, have also been critical of Janša’s plans. The Left said that no one likely knew what the “freezing” of the recognition would mean exactly, and the SocDems pointed to the UN’s latest reports that are damning to Israel.
SocDems in Levica, dve stranki, ki sta bili koalicijska partnerja Golobovega Gibanja Svoboda v prejšnji vladi in so zdaj v opoziciji, so prav tako kritične do Janševih načrtov. Levica je dejala, da verjetno nihče ne ve natančno, kaj bi „zamrznitev“ priznanja pomenila, SocDems pa so opozorili na zadnja poročila OZN, ki Izrael obsoja.
A UN independent commission of inquiry released a report this week saying that Israel “continues to commit genocide and other atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children”.
Neodvisna komisija ZN za preiskave je ta teden objavila poročilo, v katerem piše, da Izrael „nadaljuje z genocidom in drugimi zločini z namernim ciljanjem palestinskih otrok“.
Former President Danilo Türk went even further in his criticism of Janša’s policy. The international law expert told TV Slovenija that if the media reports were true, the announcement was quite bizarre and signalled a “vassal-like position” in Slovenia’s relation towards Israel.
Nekdanji predsednik Danilo Türk je šel še dlje v svoji kritiki Janševe politike. Strokovnjak za mednarodno pravo je TV Slovenija povedal, da bi bila, če so poročanja medijev resnična, napoved precej nenavadna in bi nakazovala „podrejen položaj“ Slovenije do Izraela.
Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues and according to Palestinian health records, some 1,000 people have been killed there since a ceasefire went into effect in October 2025.
Medtem humanitarna kriza v Gazi vztraja in po podatkih palestinskih zdravstvenih organov je od začetka premirja oktobra 2025 tam umrlo okoli 1.000 ljudi.
