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Israel Needs to Review China Deals
(Jerusalem Post) Jacob Nagel - Last year Israel's leadership began to reassess foreign strategic investment in the state, including Chinese plans for the reconstruction and operation of the state's largest seaport in Haifa. There is now a healthy debate in Israel about the tensions between enhancing the economy and the possible deleterious impact of allowing China or other international actors to have a hand in the country's strategic infrastructure. Until recently, investment in major civilian infrastructure was not viewed as a national security concern or even a diplomatic issue. The Ministry of Transportation made the decision in the Haifa port case from its very narrow point of view. Yet this is an issue that cannot be decided upon by those responsible only for infrastructure development. This is a failing in the Israeli bureaucracy system and a challenge that Israeli leadership will hopefully address. The writer is former Israeli acting National Security Advisor.