China has raised concerns at the United Nations about Israel’s military actions in Gaza and Syria, urging the Jewish state to open humanitarian access in the war-torn strip and warning that its air strikes against Syria may cause a Gaza war spillover.
In a briefing on Syria’s political and humanitarian situation, Dai added that Israel’s air strike against Syria could cause a spillover from Israel-Gaza war, and he urged “extraterritorial powers ” to de-escalate tensions.
Dai added that Beijing opposed “unilateral sanctions and resource plundering” and supported Damascus to “combat terrorism and maintain security and stability”.
“Israel has continued to launch air strikes on various locations in Syria through the Golan Heights it occupies … China calls on all parties to exercise restraint and avoid escalating tensions.”
Dai urged the international community to increase humanitarian aid in Syria and called for more progress on a stalled cross-border aid mechanism, which had allowed the delivery of humanitarian assistance into non-government-controlled parts of Syria without requiring the consent of the Syrian government.
The government of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has since approved a special UN organisation to continue humanitarian assistance.
Syria’s worsening economic crisis, which Damascus blames mostly on US-led sanctions, has led to persistent protests in the country.
@CruelV0terWorking Family3mos3MO
Netanyahu is a war criminal as much as any Hamas leader. This whole mess was brought on by Netanyahu policies, accelerating resentment over the generations of inhumane Occupation. It's a gift to China, Russia, and Iran with Biden's blundering accession. I was a baby during the war in Vietnam but now I know how those Americans felt shame over their government's policy. Washington is on the wrong side of History again.
@HonorableTwoPartyGreen3mos3MO
Actually nearly all of the Third World supports this position too.
Russia and China are doing this because such support makes it easier for them to attract more allies in most of the world and this is a big issue there.
@PassionateShadsRepublican3mos3MO
Did you know that during the Cold War the Soviet Union, Eastern Germany, Hungary, etc., taught their kids that Israel was the evil capitalist aggressor colonizing Arab and Palestinian land? The Israel debate is often anti-West, with Russia, China, and Iran still at the front of the anti-West movement, using Palestiians for decades for their propaganda, sadly. And, as we've seen with Greta and some Americans, it still works today.
@B4llotBoxHarperGreen3mos3MO
Why doesn't China they step up to the plate and allow Palestinian civilians to seek refuge in their countries? Their support smacks more of anti-semitism, anti-Israeli and anti-American sentiments than it does for concern for the Palestinians.
@AmnestyLionSocialist3mos3MO
Giving the Palestinians refuge somewhere else would, in fact, be assisting the Israelis in their ethnic cleansing campaign -- which is a major reason these nations refuse. You don't think the Palestinians will ever be allowed back into Gaza once they exit, do you? Do why is opposition to Israel's genocidal bombing campaigns always equated with anti-semitism? Can one be opposed to Netanyahu and his fascist coalition without being anti-Israel?
@9KD59XNRepublican3mos3MO
The Zionist government is basically the Jewish Nazi
@9KD35H43mos3MO
China, Israel, and Syria can all become dust, and it wont have a negative impact on my life at all
@9KCQBYDIndependent3mos3MO
I believe it’ll start a Cold War in between us and china
There is an effort to restore relationships.
@9KCFXZS3mos3MO
I think it's most important because it'll start another war.
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