Israel’s Significant Change in Attitude Towards the CCP: An Analysis
Why would the CCP abandon a friend it has engaged with for decades in favor of supporting Hamas?
For decades, Israel and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have maintained an exceedingly close relationship, with Israel providing a significant amount of advanced technology across various sectors, including the military. Throughout this period, Israel remained silent on the CCP’s human rights violations and acts of genocide against Chinese people. However, the dynamics of this relationship have drastically changed following the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
On Jan. 23, the CCP’s human rights record was subject to oversight and review by the United Nations Human Rights Council, where Beijing’s atrocious human rights record was criticized by Western countries.
demanded the CCP to “cease persecution and arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and Tibetans and allow genuine freedom of religion or cultural expression without fear of surveillance, torture, forced labor or sexual violence.”
The United States called on the CCP to release all individuals arbitrarily detained and stop implementing forced assimilation policies against ethnic minorities.
In a notable departure from its usual stance, Israel joined the chorus of criticism at the council meeting. An Israeli representative voiced concern over the conditions in Xinjiang and the treatment of the Uyghur people, urging the CCP to improve the human rights situation, tackle social discrimination, and fight violence against women and children more effectively.
In response, Xinhua, the CCP’s official mouthpiece, launched a retort against Israel, dismissing the human rights allegations as baseless and politically motivated. The publication then counter-accused Israel of employing double standards in human rights matters and blamed it for civilian casualties in Gaza and the creation of humanitarian crises.
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commented on X (formerly Twitter), saying, “Israel’s foreign policy has always been ‘we can’t even manage our own troubles, let alone others’, hence it never participated in criticizing the CCP.”
“This is the first time in the history of the Israeli government that it has publicly criticized the Chinese government at an international conference,” he said.
Israel’s Extensive Military Technology Contributions to the CCP
initial phase of its drone development to technology acquired through purchases from Israel.
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