In retaliation for Hamas’s large-scale attack on Israel on the 7th, which resulted in the death of 1,300 Israelis, most of whom were civilians including infants, and hundreds of people taken hostage, Israel launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip controlled by Hamas.
On October 16, Reuters quoted Gaza official data as saying that air strikes had killed at least 2,750 Palestinians and injured 9,700 others. According to the latest official statistics from Israel, at least 1,400 people were killed, 3,400 were injured, and about 125 people were captured.
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, said today that Israel has “no interest” in occupying Gaza but will do “whatever is necessary” to eliminate Hamas.
Gaza is Hamas’ main hideout.
The Israel Defense Forces has 170,000 standing troops, and now it has recruited 300,000 reservists to gather on the Gaza border to prepare to wipe out Hamas. After Hamas raided Israel, it stated that it was supported by Iran and other mysterious forces.
British Sky News reported on the 16th that Hamas has expressed its intention to exchange the 199 prisoners it has held for thousands of Palestinians imprisoned in Israel.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Kanani said that Hamas officials “are willing to take necessary measures to release citizens and civilians detained by resistance groups, but they believe that these measures must be prepared before taking them, which cannot be done in the face of Jewish restoration.” This was accomplished despite the daily bombing of Gaza by nationalists.”
But Hamas has not acknowledged making such a proposal.
Israel earlier said it would not lift its blockade on Gaza until all hostages were released.
According to Reuters, Palestinian leader Abbas criticized Hamas’s actions.
WAFA reported on the 15th that “President Abbas emphasized that Hamas’s strategies and actions do not represent the Palestinian people, but the policies, plans and resolutions of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The only legal representative.”
The report also quoted Abbas as emphasizing that he “opposes the killing of civilians on both sides and calls for the release of civilians, prisoners and detainees.”
However, a few hours after the report was published, Wafa revised it: “President Abbas emphasized that the policies, plans and resolutions of the Palestine Liberation Organization are the only legitimate representatives of the Palestinian people, and not any other organization. “, deleted descriptions related to Hamas.
Compared with the changes in attitude such as Palestine’s severing of relations with Hamas and Iran’s weakness on behalf of Hamas, the CCP’s stance and statements are quite intriguing.
In addition to his earlier statements of support for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also accused Israel on the 14th and 15th of two consecutive days of siege of Gaza, which failed to comply with international humanitarian law and harmed innocent civilians, exceeding the scope of self-defense.
These “statements” of “neutrality” in favor of Hamas and Arab countries are just like the Chinese Communist Party’s “support for Russia’s neutrality” in the Russia-Ukraine war. Scholars call it “support of Palestinian neutrality” and I think this kind of neutrality cannot last long.
The CCP also criticized the United States’ intervention in the Middle East as the root cause of the conflict between Israel and Kazakhstan.
Jonathan Fulton, a scholar at the think tank Atlantic Council, said that the CCP has always wanted to promote alternative rules in global politics, and Arab countries are naturally the group it wants to win over. By winning over Arab countries, the CCP will achieve greater success. more support, so as to promote the reforms that the CCP wants to implement in the international system.
Mor Sobol, a scholar on China-Israel relations at Tamkang University in Taiwan, pointed out that the CCP’s strategy is very cost-effective in the Middle East. In addition to winning the favor of Arab countries and seeking their support for the CCP’s global vision, it also Being able to brand the United States as a discriminatory actor and reduce its influence in the Middle East shows that the CCP is playing a big game in the Middle East.
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2023-10-16 19:56:07
