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“During a visit to Al Jazeera’s Doha headquarters last year, I was told by its executives that Al Jazeera Media Institute has trained some 80,000 foreign journalists from over a dozen countries since 2009”

JERUSALEM STRATEGIC TRIBUNE The Middle East As Informational Battlefield Ilan Berman April 2025 …Russian media has been largely shut out of Western media markets following the invasion of Ukraine, but remains accessible in the Middle East, helping to shift the … Continue reading

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Palestinian factions agree to end division in pact brokered by China

REUTERS China brokers Palestinian unity deal, but doubts persist Laurie Chen and Nidal Al-Mughrabi July 23, 2024 Palestinian rivals including Hamas and Fatah agreed to form a unity government at talks hosted by China, Beijing said on Tuesday, a deal … Continue reading

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“As Israel decouples from China, there will be even greater opportunities for greater cooperation between close allies. Israel must support the US and keep a distance from China”

JPOST Time for Israel to pivot away from Beijing Jacob Nagel and Mark Dubowitz August 9, 2022 The recent tensions between the United States and the People’s Republic of China over Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan could further deteriorate into … Continue reading

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To put it in historical terms, Putin is probably the most philo-Semitic and pro-Israel leader in Russian history.

SPECTATOR Israel and America are drifting apart by Leon Hadar February 8, 2022 Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has revealed what members of his country’s national security elite have been chatting about behind closed doors for quite a while. “The … Continue reading

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“A caricature of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken published by the state-owned Xinhua news agency, which serves as the Chinese regime’s mouthpiece, has been slammed for its explicit use of antisemitic stereotypes”

ALGEMEINER Chinese Regime’s Mouthpiece Slammed for ‘Despicable’ Antisemitic Caricature of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken by Staff August 13, 2021 …A report about a meeting in Kuwait between Blinken and World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at … Continue reading

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“Trump administration had warned that further Chinese involvement in big infrastructure projects, like the new port in Haifa, could damage the U.S.-Israel security relationship”

AXIOS CIA director raised China concerns with Israeli prime minister by Barak Ravid August 18, 2021 While visiting Israel last week, CIA director Bill Burns told Prime Minister Naftali Bennett the U.S. was concerned about Chinese investments in Israel, particularly … Continue reading

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“By supporting the plight of the Palestinians, China is cynically stoking the most emotional issue in Middle Eastern politics in order to distract Muslim nations from its own campaign against Uyghurs”

JERUSALEM POST Why has China turned on Israel? by Ilan Berman and Joshua Eisenman July 5, 2021 Amid the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas, a surprising voice led the charge against the Jewish state. While Israel’s defensive military response to … Continue reading

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The China-Iran Deal: “The notional agreement was a sprawling 25-year strategic accord valued at a staggering $400 billion, encompassing everything from Chinese involvement in Iran’s telecom sector to closer collaboration between the militaries of the two countries”

AL-HURRA DIGITAL China Chooses Sides In The Middle East by Ilan Berman March 29, 2021 China’s geopolitical ambitions in the Middle East took a giant leap forward over the weekend, when Chinese and Iranian officials convened in Tehran to formally sign … Continue reading

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China and Iran cut a deal: “For Iran, China is a life raft saving it from total economic collapse under the weight of US economic sanctions”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Israel and the Sino-Iranian alliance by Caroline Glick July 17, 2020 …Following weeks of feverish rumors, Iran and China have concluded a strategic accord. Last weekend, the New York Times reported on the contents … Continue reading

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“While China does business with Israel’s #1 enemy, Israel is doing business with China”

JERUSLAEM POST After the China-Iran deal, why is Israel still working with Beijing? by Yaakov Katz July 16, 2020 In six weeks, at the end of August, a number of international construction groups will submit their offers for an estimated … Continue reading

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