The Chinese are building bone infrastructure in Israel, but at the same time, China wants to create bad coalitions and it is not clear what the interest of the superpower is in messing between relatively small movements like Fatah and Hamas?
China has already brought about the renewal of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, now it has invited a delegation of the two Palestinian movements, for a national reconciliation dialogue between them.
After China announced that it was sponsoring the reconciliation talks, the two movements announced the need to achieve national unity and end the split by having all Palestinian factions join the PLO. Because the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements are not members of the PLO.
It was also agreed on the revival of the joint committees of the two sides to solve problems, on the cessation of mutual clashes in the media, and also on the unification of efforts to confront the settlers in the West Bank and protect the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China announced that both sides agreed to continue the dialogue as soon as possible, and they will meet later for this purpose.
In February, Russia hosted a dialogue meeting between the Fatah delegation and the Hamas delegation in an attempt to reach an agreement on the establishment of a national unity government, but the meeting was an abject failure.
China has recently condemned Israel several times for harming civilians in the Gaza Strip, claiming that it is violating international law.
She supported the proposed resolution to declare the state of “Palestine” as a full member of the United Nations, but the US vetoed the proposed resolution.
China has put a foot into Palestinian politics as it aspires to a senior role in the Middle East. It is in an alliance with Russia, and both countries work in the UN against the interests of the USA.
A year ago, she mediated between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and led to the renewal of diplomatic relations between the two rival countries. China is also involved in the ongoing conflict in Yemen and is trying to find a solution to the issue.
China’s over-involvement among Israel’s enemies, in the face of the strong infrastructure it is privileged to receive in Israel (ports, subway, tunnels, etc.) and its investments in sensitive corporations in Israel (Technion, Tnuva, hi-tech companies, etc.) – should turn on red lights
