The Israeli Prime Minister’s visit to China is a rare event in general, but especially in the current situation where Netanyahu has waited in vain to be invited to the White House.
BEIJING Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu will visit China in July. A more precise date has not yet been announced, but The Israeli government has confirmed the visit.
President and party leader Xi Jinping spectacularly hosted the Palestinian president in early June Mahmoud Abbas. Netanyahu is also expected to receive a pompous reception in Beijing.
Visiting amazes people in different parts of the world. In the background, there are tensions between the United States and China, and nowadays also between the United States and Israel.
Ukraine criticizes fraternization with Putin
In Israel, the opposition suspects that the visit will weaken relations between Israel and the United States. Many experts also question it its reasonableness.
China and Israel have had many disagreements over the years. China supports the Palestinians’ own state, whose capital would be East Jerusalem. Recently, the relations between the two countries have been tested, for example, by the warming of relations between China and Iran.
Netanyahu’s government’s Ukraine policy has been wavering. Despite requests, Israel has not provided Ukraine with arms.
The Embassy of Ukraine in Tel Aviv criticized recently harshly Israel for fraternization Vladimir Putin with Russia.
China has stayed away from the conflict in Ukraine, but it has maintained a strategic partnership with Russia.
Biden has not wanted to meet
Last December, Netanyahu became prime minister for the third time. Since then, he has waited in vain for an invitation to the White House.
It is extraordinary that the president did not Joe Biden have extended an invitation to Netanyahu. Up until now, close contact has been a part of the US-Israeli alliance.
The United States considers Netanyahu’s changes to Israel’s right-wing system anti-democratic.
In the spring, Netanyahu had to bend and postpone the reforms after weeks of protests and the threat of a general strike. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, he said that he would give up the most controversial, about the reform that weakens the position of the Supreme Court.
Xi is reaping the PR benefit
Xi is expected to use the visit to at least take a look at the United States.
The rivalry between the great powers has taken on dangerous features in recent months. The countries’ armed forces have been close to collision situations in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.
Last week, China sent an official protest to Washington after Biden called Xi a dictator.