West Bank & Jerusalem
China urges Israel to halt West Bank settlement expansion
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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Israeli President Isaac Herzog that Israel should stop and reverse its "forced establishment" of West Bank settlements, Middle East Eye reported. The statement marked a rare direct criticism from Beijing to Israeli leadership on the sensitive settlement issue.
The remarks came during what appeared to be high-level diplomatic engagement between the two countries. China has traditionally maintained more measured public positions on Israeli-Palestinian disputes compared to some regional and Western actors.
