Nadene Goldfoot
Relations between China and Qatar are robust and described by officials as a "golden period," with deep cooperation in trade, energy, investment, and infrastructure. This strategic partnership, formally established in 2014, is primarily driven by Qatar's need for economic diversification and China's growing demand for energy.
Prime Minister Netanyahu accused China of joining Qatar in leading a media and legitimacy campaign against Israel, allegedly fueled by artificial intelligence and massive funding. Speaking to a delegation of 250 American lawmakers on Monday, Netanyahu said: “Just as Iran once imposed a siege on us hoping it would wipe us out, which we broke through, today there’s an attempt to impose a new siege on Israel—led by Qatar, and also by countries like China. This is a media siege, funded with enormous money.”
Later in the week China responded: “China is shocked by the Israeli leader’s remarks. The claim is baseless, harms China-Israel relations, and we strongly oppose it,” and then it criticized Israel for the war in Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire. Israel is reportedly concerned that China is helping Iran rebuild its nuclear program.
They both caught my eye because other researchers noticed this connection with such things like this summit, and I notice they bothvoted at the UN against Israel along with the other 121 voters.Countries like China and Russia, hugely populated with most ofland on earth, are not countries one wants to be against you. Right now all attention is on Russia who has attacked Ukraine and is continuing.
Just weeks ago, Qatari officials welcomed President Donald Trump to Doha with pomp, circumstance, and a $400 million jet. Now, Qatar is extending the same hand of friendship to China.
Last week, Qatari officials gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Established in 1981, the GCC is a regional political and economic union aiming for unity and cooperation among these six Middle Eastern nations; the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)) are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. An eleventh country, Timor-Leste, is scheduled to become a full member in October 2025 and currently holds observer status; and delegates from China.
The trilateral GCC-ASEAN-China summit underscored the burgeoning relationship between Qatar and China, which is part of Doha’s effort to expand its global influence and China’s interest in strengthening its regional ties amid deteriorating relations with Washington.
If Qatar’s aiding and abetting through Egyptian preacher living in Qatar; Qaradawi, the terrorists called Hamas, collaboration with the Kremlin, or record of bribery hasn’t sounded alarm bells in Washington, Doha’s relationship with Beijing certainly should. Qatar’s open embrace of the United States’ primary adversary demonstrates the folly of entrusting Doha with American friendship. The adversaries are China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and the Venezuelan Nicolás Maduro (Maduro Regime).
China's view on Israel is confusing though for the Palestinians in having a state right next to Israel.
- Support for Palestine and criticism of Israel: China has consistently advocated for Palestinian statehood based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. It has been critical of Israel's military operations in Gaza, describing some actions as "beyond the scope of self-defense" and urging an immediate ceasefire. Chinese officials have also supported Arab-led peace initiatives and voiced concerns at the UN about Israel's actions.
- Avoids overt alignment: Despite this critical rhetoric, China attempts to avoid full diplomatic alignment with either side. It has not designated Hamas or Hezbollah as terrorist organizations and has maintained diplomatic relations with Israel. After the October 7, 2023, attacks, Israeli officials expressed "deep disappointment" with China for not issuing a stronger condemnation of Hamas.
- Regional rivalry with the U.S.: China's stance is heavily influenced by its geopolitical competition with the United States. Beijing uses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to position itself as an alternative to what it portrays as a biased U.S. approach. In UN Security Council votes, China has challenged U.S. vetoes related to the conflict.
- Palestinians have been offered a state and have refused it many times.
- 1937 Peel Commission Plan: A British commission recommended partitioning Mandatory Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The plan was accepted by the Zionist leadership but rejected by the Palestinian Arab leadership, who opposed any division of the land and any form of Jewish sovereignty.
- 1947 UN Partition Plan (Resolution 181): The UN proposed dividing Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states, with Jerusalem under international control. The Jewish Agency accepted the plan, but the Arab Higher Committee and Arab League rejected it. Following Israel's declaration of independence in 1948, a war broke out.
- 1978 Camp David Accords: These US-brokered talks between Israel and Egypt offered a framework for a peace treaty and for Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, to be followed by negotiations on final status. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) rejected the proposal, which led to Egypt pursuing a separate peace treaty with Israel.
- 2000 Camp David Summit: During negotiations with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and US President Bill Clinton, PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat rejected an offer that would have created a Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip and approximately 97% of the West Bank. The offer also included a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem and special arrangements for holy sites. Arafat's rejection, without a counter-offer, contributed to the outbreak of the Second Intifada.
- 2008 Olmert Proposal: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a state on roughly 93% of the West Bank in exchange for land swaps. It also included shared control of Jerusalem. Abbas did not formally accept the offer, and the talks ended inconclusively.
- Israeli government stance: The current Israeli government includes officials who reject the creation of a Palestinian state and have expanded settlements in the West Bank (Judea/Samaria). This has made a negotiated agreement based on the two-state model more difficult.
- Since October 7th 2023, there is no way a Palestine state will be created next to Israel. Hamas is to be finished and Gaza will have other futures. The new Gazans are to be freed from the terrors of Hamas as well. They have put their foot flatly against the 5 previous offers that come along once in a life-time.
- There never has been a country with a government called Palestine, andthat isn't what the Palestinians are after. They want, which was what they all wanted after 1967,was that no Jews/Israelis were to live in the land Jews renamed as Israel which was Judah and the remnants of ancient Israel. Hopefully, the few have signed onto the Abraham Accords and have been successfully getting along with Israel. After all, supposedly, we are vey distant cousins through Abraham. DNA seems to show this connection.
Resource:
https://jewishbubba.blogspot.com/2025/09/all-you-want-to-know-about-china-and.html
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https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2025/06/07/the-alliance-of-qatar-and-china-is-dangerous-to-the-u-s/ Natalie Ecanow is a senior research analyst at FDD focusing on the Middle East and the Gulf. Jack Burnham is a research Analyst at FDD’s China Program. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gulf-Cooperation-Council
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