Today, President Tsai Ing-wen, joined by Knesset Members led by MK Boaz Toporovsky 🟠Boaz Toporovsky- בועז טופורובסקי , Chairman of the Taiwan-Israel Parliamentary Group, attended an International Holocaust Remembrance Day event in Taiwan.

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Iran, like Putin's war machine in Ukraine, is one of China's most significant beneficiaries. The IRGC has been able to expand its 'Axis of Resistance' due to Beijing's economic support, which includes purchasing roughly 90% of sanctioned oil and backing at…

At Taiwan's Holocaust Memorial event, which Pres Tsai uses as a diplomatic opportunity to talk about transitional justice in Taiwan, she says 'we can learn from Israel and Germany' in the pursuit of justice and truth. As the new chair of TFD, Han Kuo-yu gets to light a candle

This was not a consulate, but rather a terrorist base of operations for the Quds Force, from which Iran was coordinating assaults against Israel, as evidenced by the identities of the casualties. If you prefer the word of internationally designated terrorists than Israel's,…

Israel, as we all know from Eurovision, is not part of the region.

Much of the discussion, understandably, centers on China's ability or inability to persuade Iran to avoid escalation and contain its Axis of Resistance. Another, less discussed perspective is Iran asking China to persuade Israel not to escalate.

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PRC UN rep Geng Shuang reiterates calls for Houthis to 'immediately cease attacks' on ships and in a ref to US&UK adds UNSC 'never authorized any country to use force against Yemen.' Yet, use of force against Israel by Iran is 'appreciated' by Wang Yi for not targeting others…

What China will portray as 'shuttle diplomacy' is nothing but a listening tour to assess the situation.
Beijing’s inability to hold a principled position against Iran's unprecedented attack and even 'appreciate' it is a green light for terror and makes China part of the problem

The whole narrative when it comes to Israel is always to define things that are unacceptable in any other context, such as attacks on civilians, as basically normal and acceptable “retaliation” or “resistance” and thus make any Israeli response “escalation”

'China strongly condemns and firmly opposes the attack on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus, regarding it as a serious violation of international law and unacceptable. China has noted Iran's statement that its action taken was limited and was an act of…

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Yuval Waks, deputy head of the Israeli mission to Beijing, said the country had been ‘hoping for stronger condemnation’ from China.

In fact there was a Chinese condemnation - for the violation of Iranian and Syrian sovereignty.