- Dr. Roie Yellinek
- Paper No. 733
On December 23, 2017, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi observed that โitโs been seventy years since the UN adopted the decision to create a Palestinian state, but seventy years later, a Palestinian state is yet to be created.โ Other Chinese voices in recent years have made similar statements on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Why the Chinese preoccupation with this issue? Perhaps because words and gestures allow Beijing to show involvement while avoiding intervention.