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View From Israel: China’s Growing Influence in the Middle East

In September 2023, just weeks before Hamas' devastating terrorist attack on October 7th, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his foreign policy advisors were preparing for a summit meeting in China with President Xi Jinping. There were even whispers Beijing would help ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Hits the Phones to Stave Off Mideast Conflict

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi recently spoke by phone with his counterparts in Egypt and Jordan in a renewed Chinese diplomatic push to avoid an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi recently spoke by ...

Israeli Media Reacts to the Beijing Declaration

By Amanda Xinyi Chen On July 23, 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his visit to the United States, where he delivered a forceful address to the U.S. Congress to drum up American support for his country’s war in the Gaza Strip. ...

Palestine’s Beijing Declaration: An Indonesian Perspective

This article is co-authored by Yeta Purnama, a researcher at the Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS), and Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat, Director of the China-Indonesia Desk at CELIOS. China's growing role in global peacekeeping, especially regarding Middle East affairs, ...

Q&A: Beijing Deal for Post-War Gaza Leaves Analysts Skeptical

By Chloe Rouveyrolles-Bazire and Louis Baudoin-Laarman Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement has agreed with Hamas to form a "national unity government" in post-war Gaza, but analysts are skeptical about the significance of the Beijing-brokered deal. ...

UN chief welcomes China-brokered accord seeking Palestinian unity

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed Tuesday an accord brokered by China seeking reconciliation between Hamas and other Palestinian factions to form a national unity government in Gaza. "I think all steps towards unity are to be welcomed and encouraged," his spokesman ...

Hamas Announces ‘National Unity’ Deal With Palestinian Rivals at Talks in Beijing

By Matthew Walsh and Isabel Kua Hamas announced Tuesday it had signed an agreement in Beijing with other Palestinian organizations, including rivals Fatah, to work together for "national unity", with China describing it as a deal to rule Gaza together once ...

Israel Slams Beijing Deal to Include Hamas in Post-War Gaza Government

Israel swiftly condemned an agreement brokered by China Tuesday, which Beijing said would bring Hamas into a "national reconciliation government" for post-war Gaza. Foreign Minister Israel Katz insisted that "Hamas rule will be crushed" and accused Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, whose ...

Gulf and Levantine Perspectives on the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum

By Francesco Scala and Viola Rubeca On May 30, 2024, China welcomed representatives from across the Arab world to Beijing for the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF). Two documents were adopted: the “Beijing Declaration” and the Action Implementation ...

Hamas and Palestinian Rivals Fatah to Meet in Beijing: Officials

Senior officials from the rival Palestinian groups Hamas, which is at war with Israel, and Fatah have agreed to meet in Beijing this month in a renewed bid for reconciliation, officials said Monday. Fatah sources said the Hamas delegation will be ...

On Unearned Wins and the Future of the Liberal International Order

Chinese President Xi Jinping this week provided a lesson in how to get the maximum international gain by doing the bare minimum. In his speech at the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, he said the Israel-Gaza war “should not continue indefinitely” and “justice should not be absent forever.” ...

Franco-Chinese Joint Statement Reflects Subtle, Yet Important Shifts in Beijing’s Stance on the Israel-Hamas War

France and China published a joint statement this week on "the situation in the Middle East" that contained a number of important policy shifts in Beijing's approach to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Since ...
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