Now that China has supplanted global terrorism as the U.S.’s main foreign-policy concern, the Israel-China relationship will have to change.
In some ways, the two countries have never been closer, but in others, and notably with regard to China, they’ve never seemed farther apart.
In a season of mass protests in Hong Kong and a fierce dustup with the NBA, the acclaimed new Chinese-American film is (almost) silent on the costs of engaging with authoritarianism.
The U.S. stands to benefit from the Jewish state’s technology.
Beijing buys Muslim leaders’ support for repressing its own Muslim population.
Chinese infrastructure projects could cause major cybersecurity risks.
Breaking into Assad’s toilet and establishing diplomatic relations with China.
It always takes the opposite side at the UN.
Beijing is set to be the winner of the Syrian civil war.
Otherwise, Israel will end up making the same mistakes with regard to China that the U.S. did.
Partnering with Beijing can help stabilize the Middle East; partnering with Asian nations threatened by Beijing can help build a counterbalance to Chinese power.
As China hardens and becomes more aggressive, America and other nations are pushing back. Israel should, too.
Doing so would be profoundly dangerous.
After decades of almost no interaction, relations between the two nations grow increasingly warmer and closer. There’s plenty of good news—and, for Israel, plenty of risk.