Tag: China
Former Mossad director: China ‘the only country’ that can bring about agreement in Vienna
Former director of the Mossad Efraim Halevy said on Tuesday that “the only player who can be effective and bring about progress in the Vienna debates is the only player we do not hear...
Haley: Hold China accountable for its support of Iran, violation of US sanctions
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley believes that the United States and Western powers need to do more to hold China accountable for its ongoing support of Iran, including helping Tehran...
Chinese hackers believed responsible for cyber attack on Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
There is growing certainty in Israel’s defense establishment that the cyber attack against the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera two weeks ago had a financial motive, according to Israeli media reports.
It is believed...
Palestinian official: ‘China will lead the world, and is on our side’
China will soon lead the world, and it supports the “Palestinian position, whatever it may be,” according to Fatah’s Central Committee member Abbas Zaki.
In a public address that aired on Palestine TV on Sept. 29, Abbas...
Chinese-run port opens in Haifa, new port also in works in Ashdod
Israel opened a Chinese-operated shipping port in Haifa geared to increase competition and the country’s status as a trading nexus.
The 5.5 billion shekel ($1.7 billion) Bay Port at Haifa is being operated by Shanghai...
American immigrants who leave Israel don’t deserve disdain
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his parents’ aliyah from the United States, Haaretz political correspondent Chaim Levinson paid homage to his mother and father, who “left behind family, jobs that would have earned them much...
Israel gives China a little taste of its own medicine at UN
In a rare move, reportedly due to U.S. pressure, Israel joined a declaration this week criticizing China at the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) over human-rights abuses against Muslims living in the Xinjiang Uyghur...
Israeli embassy in China blasts state TV broadcaster for ‘blatant anti-Semitism’
The Israeli embassy in Beijing accused China’s state TV broadcaster of “blatant anti-Semitism” after a presenter promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories while reporting on the U.S. government’s support for Israel.
A presenter on China Global Television Network (CGTN),...
Chinese embassy posts, then deletes, anti-Semitic image on Twitter
The Chinese embassy in Japan recently uploaded, and then deleted, an anti-Semitic image on its official Twitter account.
The embassy tweeted on Thursday a cartoon image that showed the United States as the Grim Reaper, dressed in...
How China and Russia are using ‘vaccine diplomacy’ to enhance influence in the Middle...
As countries step up their COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, the politics around vaccines has intensified. For Israel, which has become a world leader in vaccinating its own population, its reliance on Western-developed vaccines—specifically, the Pfizer-BioNTech...