On Tuesday night, Tzipi Hotevely, the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, came to the London School of Economics (LSE) to speak with students. A protest took place outside during the event, which devolved into an attack on the ambassador, who had to be evacuated. The editors of Britain’s Jewish Chronicle respond:

In the past few decades, the Jewish state has vastly expanded its diplomatic, economic, and sometimes military ties with South and East Asia, while doing its best to stay away from the conflicts that divide the countries in the region. Daniel Samet surveys the potential for these relationships, urging Jerusalem to avoid deepening cooperation with China and instead to focus on cultivating further its alliances-in-the-making with China’s competitors: