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[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is the only time I can fully back China on someting.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Broken clock.....and all that

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Russia, Iran and China are regularly correct when they’re criticising the West tbh. It’s an easy way to score points that can’t really be countered.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In this case, 'the West' has been calling for a two state solution since the 1940's...

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Though their actions haven’t ever actually supported it. If the US and EU had sanctioned Israel, for example after the land grab of 1967, they could have forced a state on 1967 borders, if not 1948 borders. But instead they’ve just been giving them weapons and cash that has fueled the genocide instead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not like China's has done anything more than public statements either though. China is one of Israel's biggest trading partners after all.

[–] MarcoPOLO 10 points 10 months ago

China is sending aid to Gaza, is pressuring regional partners to stop infighting, and Chinese weapons are "accidentally" ending up in Palestinian hands. Chinese shipping is blatantly showcasing the viability of Yemen's sanctions by restricting shipments to Israel in exchange for transiting the Red Sea (putting the ships at risk of getting caught in a US/UK strike). China, in general, has a policy off no-military-intervention outside of it's immediate vicinity and hasn't fired ammunition at an enemy since the fall of the Soviiet Union, and hasn't fought at scale since 1979. China does not express its power with "who has a bigger stick."

Are we also forgetting that China mediated the Iran-KSA rapprochement, which had direct implications on the Israel-KSA relationship?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

A foreign policy matter that China and I agree on? What a timeline

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah this specific universe timeline is getting weirder by the second.