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You think? I don't think so. On one hand because Israel considers itself a Western country and its people have deep ties with the West and care a lot about thei
by throw310822 1y ago
You think? I don't think so. On one hand because Israel considers itself a Western country and its people have deep ties with the West and care a lot about their place in it; on the other, because the pillars of the unconditional support Israel has enjoyed so far (deep historical ties, antisemitism and holocaust guilt, powerful political lobbies, religion) are difficult or impossible to replicate with China. Finally, China is not eager to pick military fights with the West- look at how useful they've been in helping Iran face a military attack from Western powers.
I know that you were probably exaggerating, but when you say: "just wait until you see what they do when they're a full pariah state", I need to remind you that full pariah states are routinely sanctioned, embargoed and bombed by the US and NATO allies for much less than Israel has been doing so far. So no, they don't want to go that way. If that were the way to have a free hand with Palestine, they might have abandoned the West long ago.