Israeli Failure

ChinaIn Arabic Eyes News Bulletin No 023 Opening
By Mahmoud Raya (November 09, 2007)

The Chinese are never conclusive when rejecting a certain issue, this is not their habit, especially when it relates to “The world’s gate into America,” Israel. Rapport with the U.S. cannot be improved without firstly normalizing with Israel.
Despite so, China said clearly that it rejected the “suggestions” that were carried along by the Israeli foreign secretary, while visiting China, on how to deal with the Iranian nuclear case. During her visit, she received one-toned position from the different figures whom she met in the Chinese capital city.
The magnitude of the Israeli failure in reaching the “Chinese mind” regarding this case can be noticed through the uncrowning of the visit of the Israeli official through a meeting with the Chinese president HU Jintao who would never have hesitated receiving the Israeli diplomat had he had anything new for her or had he seen anything new from her.
Besides her work as the foreign secretary, Tzipi Livni is also the deputy prime minister, which means, she represents the top of the reigning pyramid in Israel. Therefore, the Chinese President not meeting with her is a kind of a hidden rejection to her task and a declaration of the failure of the Israeli pressures in a symbolic form. Besides, there was the official declaration that was released by Chinese senior officials concerning the Israeli calls on Beijing to join the Israeli-U.S. plan to blockade Iran.
Along with the U.S. expressed “frustration” because of the Chinese and Russian disapproval of the intensification of the sanctions on Tehran, Israel is also expressing its frustration regarding this issue in particular, but using other indirect methods.
Can we regard the Chinese position regarding this case as a beginning of the emergence of a Chinese “independence” in dealing with the world major issues? This subject indicates to a qualitative leap in magnifying the Chinese geo-strategic role worldwide. Besides, can we say that Livni’s unsuccessful visit to China is a declaration of a “new international China?”
It might be early to look at the issue from this angle. However, there is no doubt that China managed to balance between its interests and has chosen the positions that suited its interests, despite the fact that this position will draw rippling effects on the Chinese rapport with Israel and the U.S.
The Chinese “NO” to Israel on the Iranian issue signals a clear Chinese siding with the East against the West; and none of the future changing stances will be able to affect the fact of this issue or even influence the strategic effects that will touch the area and the world