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Source: https://www.jns.org/israel-must-decrease-reliance-on-china/
Former Israeli Defense Official: Israel Must Decrease Reliance on China
(JNS) Yaakov Lappin - Dr. Harel Manshari, one of the co-founders of the Israel Security Agency's cyber array, said recent steps by China signal that its interests lie in maintaining its strategic partnership with Iran - a major oil supplier to Beijing - at the expense of Israeli interests. Last week, Manshari wrote to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, warning that Israel must ensure that China is not in a position to paralyze its infrastructure. He said, "China is a strategic partner of Iran....Israel must continue to trade with China and maintain the best possible ties with it, but we must understand that they have their own interests. As a sovereign state, we can't accept the risk" of doing otherwise. While China has never been a friend of Israel, it does have an interest in trade with the Jewish state, he said. "Every time there is an international incident, China has voted against Israel in every United Nations and Security Council forum. Even during the peak of the Abraham Accords, China inserted anti-Israel decisions into the United Nations." Since the outbreak of the current war, "We see, clearly, more extreme conduct against Israel by China," including extreme anti-Israel rhetoric appearing on Chinese social media.