Middle East: China pinches the United States in its management of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis
A Palestinian protester burning tires near the Hawara checkpoint, south of Nablus, during a protest against the tensions in Jerusalem and the escalating Israel-Gaza.
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The United States would do well to take an interest in Palestine and the suffering of the Palestinians, this is what China said on Friday, May 14.
This is its reaction to Washington's blocking of the UN Security Council meeting devoted to the Middle East conflict and to criticism of the situation of Muslim populations in Western China.
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Stéphane Lagarde
Double standards and variable geometry human rights are classics of Chinese rhetoric, but this time the argument should go beyond the ears of China's traditional allies. Great accustomed to blocking Council resolutions when it comes to Syria in particular, Chinese diplomacy has a good role here. Images of the
violence of recent days
between Israelis and Palestinians have toured the screens of the Muslim world and this role reversal allows Beijing to return to an accusation that prevailed under the Trump era, that of an America supposedly in the world. away from the multilateral game and not assuming its responsibility as a great power.
The United States continues to be the only party preventing the Security Council from speaking out and continues to stand on the opposite side of the international community, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said.
This is the second time this week that China, which assumes the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council this month, has accused Washington of blocking any joint decision on the Middle East conflict.
It is also a way of countering criticism of the situation of Muslim minorities in Western China.
Hypocrisy argument this time: The United States should understand that the lives of Palestinian Muslims are just as precious, the spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, referring to the virtual meeting initiated by Washington and several European countries Wednesday on Xinjiang.
The virtual meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict initially scheduled for Friday, to which the United States opposed, is expected to be held on Sunday, May 16.
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