China has sent a delegation to Qatar to meet with Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the jihadist terrorist organization Hamas, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. He reportedly said he was “enthusiastic about the relationship.”
This is the first clash of this kind between Beijing and Hamas since October 7, when terrorists carried out an unprecedented siege against Israel that resulted in an estimated 1,200 deaths, an estimated 250 abductions, and horrific torture. This is the first time there has been a collision. Rape and desecration of the dead. The “al-Aqsa flood,” as Hamas terrorists refer to the attack, is widely considered the largest single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
Hamas is a Sunni terrorist organization that is funded by Iran, a key ally of China, and openly called To destroy Israel and eliminate Jews from its territory. Since October 7, the Chinese Communist Party has orchestrated the ongoing genocide of Turkic Muslims in occupied East Turkestan, despite Beijing’s claims that it needs to be justified. , has been mostly friendly to Hamas, especially in international forums such as the United Nations and the BRICS coalition meeting. Prevent terrorism. Although China claims to oppose Islamic extremist terrorism, particularly the Taliban in Afghanistan, it supports the geopolitical goals of other jihadist terrorist organizations as well.
China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed the meeting with Haniya in a statement on Tuesday, but provided little information beyond the fact that the meeting took place.
“On March 17, 2024, Ambassador Wang Kezhuo of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs met with Hamas Politburo Chairman Haniyeh during his visit to Qatar and exchanged views on issues such as the Gaza conflict,” the statement said. read.
At a regular press conference on Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declined to provide further information, with newly appointed spokesperson Lin Jian mentioning the situation in the Middle East only in the context of the Palestinian Authority’s appointment of a new “prime minister,” Mohammad Mustafa. .
“A deal on the future and destiny of Palestine must follow the principle that ‘Palestinians govern Palestine’ and fully reflect the aspirations of the Palestinian people,” Lin said. Said. “China stands ready to work with all parties to reduce the current tensions and return the Palestinian issue to the right track of a two-state solution.”
Ahead of Tuesday’s approval, jerusalem post office According to reports, the meeting between Haniya and Wang took place on Sunday. The paper claimed that Mr. Wang told Hamas terrorist leaders that China believes that Hamas is “part of the Palestinian National Organization and that China is keen on relations with Hamas.”
File/Palestinian Hamas’s top leader Ismail Haniyeh holds a pigeon spray-painted green before releasing it during a rally to mark the 27th anniversary of the founding of the militant group Hamas on a main road in Jebaliya in the northern Gaza Strip. Friday, December 12th. ,2014. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Wang asserted that China has “close and historic ties” with the “Palestinian people.”
Hamas published He confirmed the meeting in a statement on the social media site Telegram, noting that the Chinese ambassador to Doha, Cao Xiaolin, also attended the meeting. Haniya and Hamas’s “political” leaders live in luxury in Qatar, giving it an intermediary role between terrorists and the free world.
According to Middle East news al monitor, Haniya pressed China to help Hamas “cease Israel’s shelling of the Gaza Strip, return displaced people and withdraw Israeli forces from the enclave.” He also called for support for establishing a Palestinian state based in Israel’s capital, Jerusalem.
Following the October 7 atrocities, the Israeli government launched a self-defense operation in the Gaza Strip. The Gaza Strip has been ruled by Hamas ever since. win Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faced significant pressure from left-wing US President Joe Biden, who is expected to be Israel’s closest ally on the world stage, to halt operations in Gaza and give Hamas time to flourish. facing. Biden particularly opposes Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) operations in Rafah, Hamas’ last stronghold in the Gaza Strip.
“The majority of Israelis understand that if we don’t do this, the massacre of October 7th will be repeated. It’s bad for Israel and it’s bad for the Palestinians. It’s bad for the future of peace in the Middle East,” Netanyahu said, referring to tensions with Biden in an interview last week. “Therefore, any attempt to say that my policy is my personal policy, which is not supported by most Israelis, is false. The majority is more united than ever.”
Hamas too claimed In a meeting with Chinese diplomats this week, Haniyeh “praised the role played by China in the Security Council, the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, and in sending humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.”
China took over the U.N. Security Council presidency in November for a typically one-month term, taking the lead at a critical time in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks. It used this position to demand a “ceasefire” from the IDF and thwart attempts to support Israel’s right to self-defense.
China also hosted a summit of Arab countries in November, where leaders loudly expressed Hamas’ political stance.
“China is a good friend and brother to Arab and Islamic countries.” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at the time, “We will always firmly protect the legitimate rights and interests of Arab (and) Islamic countries and always support the cause of the Palestinian people.” I have steadfastly supported it.”
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping personally became involved in the conflict to demand that Israel stop defending itself.
In his first public discussion of the issue at an emergency meeting in November, President Xi said: “We must stop all violence and attacks against civilians, release captured civilians and ensure further loss of life.” He ordered Israel to act to prevent this and protect its people from further misery. A member of the BRICS coalition. “Collective punishment of Gazans in the form of forced removals and deprivation of water, electricity and fuel must end.”
BRICS originally consisted of China, South Africa, Brazil, India, and Russia, but in January it accepted five new members: Iran, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Ethiopia, and Saudi Arabia. As of February, Iran’s long-time geopolitical rival Saudi Arabia had not completed the process of fully integrating into BRICS.
Elsewhere at the event, President Xi said, “The only viable way to break the chain of conflict between Palestine and Israel lies in the two-state solution, the restoration of Palestinian legitimate statehood, and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.” ‘ he claimed. Palestine. “
