Published: October 23rd, 2023,
Last updated: October 23rd, 2023
China’s special envoy Zhai Jun is currently traveling the Middle East region. However, hopes for a successful mediation in the war between Israel and Hamas are slim. This is also partly due to China’s pro-Palestinian position. The renowned China expert Gedaliah Afterman of Reichman University in Herzliya sees relations between Israel and the People’s Republic severely damaged. „China is seen as much less of a partner,“ says Afterman in an interview with Michael Radunski. „I think China misunderstood how significant this event is in the Israeli psyche. This is not another round with Hamas. This is our 9/11,“ says Afterman.