Communications

“Since October 7, 2023,” writes Galia Lavi, “China has adopted a clearly pro-Palestinian stance, largely ignoring Hamas’s attack in Israel’s western Negev and additional attacks on Israel from other fronts, while condemning Israel’s retaliatory actions.” This stance, as detailed by Lavi, could fairly be called pro-Hamas and pro-Hizballah. But last month something changed.

Galia Lavi, deputy director of the Diane and Guilford Glazer Israel-China Policy Centre at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), predicted Tel Aviv’s alignment with Washington would continue, along with its further move away from Beijing. “Israel looks to secure its standing in the area in terms of security and the economy. China cannot guarantee Israel’s...

“China used October 7th mainly against the US, as a chance to poke the US in the eye and show American double standard regarding human rights,” Galia Lavi, a researcher and Deputy Director of The Diane & Guilford Glazer Israel-China Policy Center at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) told The Media Line. “China portrays itself as promoting peace while...

On June 18, Hezbollah published a video taken by one of its drones, supposedly flying over the skies of Haifa, while filming with fantastic quality the city's traffic, as well as various sites, including some sensitive in terms of security. The same day, Foreign Minister Israel Katz tweeted his response: "Today, Nasrallah is proud of the images of the ports of Haifa, operated...

Some Israelis, unhappy with China’s support for the Palestinians, are boycotting Chinese shopping sites like Shein. “The public in Israel has shifted its way of looking at China, from ‘China has a lot of money’ to ‘China is an enemy’,” says Galia Lavi of the Institute for National Security Studies, a think-tank in Israel.

"In light of China's actions and declarations from October 7, Israel does not consider China a fair or relevant party," said Galia Lavi, deputy director of the Israel-China Policy Center at the Israel Institute for National Security Studies. "Beijing's declarations almost claim that this war was started because of Israel," Lavi told VOA. "At the same time, China still...

Galia Lavi, deputy director of the Israel-China Policy Center, outlined China's position in the Middle East in harsher terms. She said, "China has absolutely no allies, although it seems to be friends with everyone. Economically, before October 7, 2021 (the day Hamas launched large-scale infiltrations and attacks on Israel), the Chinese government tried to establish influence...

Galia Lavi, deputy director of the Israel-China Policy Center, outlined China's position in the Middle East in harsher terms. She said, "China has absolutely no allies, although it seems to be friends with everyone. Economically, before October 7, 2021 (the day Hamas launched large-scale infiltrations and attacks on Israel), the Chinese government tried to establish influence...

"China has taken a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel stance," Galia Lavi, an Israeli expert on China at the Institute for National Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv, said. China reiterated support for the two-state solution and called for a cease-fire and the freeing of hostages, without mentioning Hamas, in its "position paper" on the war, late last year. "China has misunderstood the...