[A]lthough the legacy of the WWII Croatian Ustashas’ ideology continues to influence Croatia’s policy today, Croatia recently publicly announced that it had received support from Israel in its efforts to enact antisemitic election laws in its neighbouring country, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (1)

This is not the first time [that] Israel has provided support to Croatia for the same antisemitic election laws. They did it in 2022, as we discussed this in our article of September 14, 2022. (5) That time, the information about the support was ‘leaked’, while this time it was announced openly and proudly.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar also publicly acknowledged a ‘good meeting’ with their ‘Croatian friend’ in Brussels in his tweet on X (formerly known as Twitter) on July 15, 2025. However, his remarks deviated from the principles outlined in the Dayton Peace Accords. He referred to ‘constituent peoples’ while omitting ‘citizens and others,’ which are all included in the Dayton Peace Accords.

Additionally, he mentioned ‘power sharing,’ which is neither present in the Dayton Peace Accords nor the Bosnian political system. Despite these blunders (whether deliberate or not), Sa’ar subsequently expressed his full support for the (antisemitic) election law, stating:

“This must be accompanied by a strong commitment to the principles of power-sharing, both in the structure of governance and in the necessary reform of the country’s electoral legislation.”