Last week, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict reached 100 days. Israel was accused by South Africa of committing "genocide" against Gaza. Faced with the accusation, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu responded, "No one can stop Israel. The International Court of Justice in The Hague No, not even the 'axis of evil' led by Iran." Israel is not only crazy about other countries, but also increasingly disdainful of the United States.
Recently, at the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, many countries called for Palestine to establish its own country and let "Palestinians rule Palestine", including the United States. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during the forum that without a path to an independent Palestinian state, Israel will never have "real security." Blinken's words clearly indicate that the United States supports the "two-state solution." However, according to a recent report by Global Network, Netanyahu rejected the United States' call to reduce the scale of its military offensive in the Gaza Strip and take measures to establish a Palestinian state after the war.
According to US media reports, Netanyahu claimed that Israel must control all territory west of the Jordan River, and Israel also needs a prime minister who has the ability to say no to American friends. In response to Netanyahu's tough statement, US White House spokesman Kirby said that Gaza will not be reoccupied, and the Palestinians have every right to live in an independent country of peace and security. The 'two-state solution' is in line with the Israeli people. in the best interests of the Palestinian people. At the same time, it is in the best interest of the region. Judging from the speeches of the United States and Israel, it is clear that there are huge differences between the two sides. Israel wants to control all the territory of Gaza, but the United States does not allow it; Israel does not allow Palestine to establish a state, but the United States recognizes it. Some foreign media reported that this was the first time a "fierce quarrel" broke out between the United States and Israel due to huge differences since the new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
While the United States and Israel were arguing endlessly, the European Union stood on the opposite side of Israel and exposed a shocking scandal. According to EU media reports, EU Foreign Minister Borrell recently gave a speech at a university and publicly accused Israel of secretly funding Hamas in order to weaken the influence of the Palestinian National Authority led by Fatah in Gaza, causing the Palestinians to fall into internal disarray. Opposing camps. In fact, when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict first broke out, some media revealed that Israel had been allowing suitcases containing large amounts of cash to enter Gaza through its border crossings in the past few years. In addition, some media revealed that Netanyahu once said in a closed-door meeting that transferring funds to Hamas was the best way for Israel to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state. Now, the EU foreign minister personally made the accusation, further confirming that Israel has indeed been dividing the Palestinians by funding Hamas. But looking at it now, the Israeli government’s move really hurts others and does not benefit itself. I don’t know if they regret their original wrong behavior.
It is worth mentioning that China, as a country that has always supported the "two-state solution", this time the United States and the European Union have fallen out with Israel over the issue of the "two-state solution". This is a rare occasion when China, the United States and Europe stand on one issue. took the same position. However, at this special moment, Israel wants to expand cooperation with China. Recently, Israeli Ambassador to China Pan Qirui visited a number of companies and institutions in Shanghai, Zhejiang and other places that have long-term cooperation with Israel. During the visit, Pan Qirui expressed the hope that China and Israel can further promote their cooperative relations and looked forward to more Chinese companies investing in Israel. It is understood that Pan Qirui also said in a speech a few days ago that Israel hopes to gain support from China, but unfortunately, Chinese social media is full of strong criticism of Israel.
In fact, China-Israel relations have been good in recent years, and the two sides have a good momentum of economic and trade cooperation. Data shows that in the 10 years from 2013 to 2022, China's exports to Israel increased from US$7.6 billion to US$16.5 billion, a huge growth rate. However, Israel's performance after the war has been difficult to gain recognition from China. It not only massacred civilians but also lacked respect for the mediation of the international community. If Israel does not make changes, let alone further increase cooperation between China and Israel, I am afraid that the existing cooperative relationship will also be affected.
