ANALYSIS: Israel’s Major Shift in Attitude Toward the CCP

For decades, Israel and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have maintained an exceedingly close relationship, with Israel providing a significant amount of advanced technology across various sectors, including the military. Throughout this period, Israel remained silent on the CCP’s human rights violations and acts of genocide against Chinese people. However, the dynamics of this relationship have drastically changed following the conflict between Israel and Hamas. On Jan. 23, the CCP’s human rights record was subject to oversight and review by the United Nations Human Rights Council, where Beijing’s atrocious human rights record was criticized by Western countries. Among them, the United Kingdom demanded the CCP to “cease persecution and arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and Tibetans and allow genuine freedom of religion or cultural expression without fear of surveillance, torture, forced labor or sexual violence.”...