China’s Role in Arming Hamas with Carice Witte

This impassioned podcast discusses the extent to which China sells weapons to Middle East countries. It also addresses how Chinese arms are making their way to Hamas in Gaza. Other issues broached include:

• What is China doing on the diplomatic front to support Hamas?
• What is China’s end game in terms of siding with Hamas against Israel?
• Why is China supporting the Houthis when Houthi attacks on maritime traffic are detrimental to China’s economic interests?
• What is China doing to win the hearts and minds of Gazans?
• To what extent is Beijing’s vitriol against Israel a function of its commission of genocide against its Uyghur population?
• How has the Chinese drive against corruption impacted the traceability of Chinese arms throughout the Middle East?
• What is the risk of South Africa charging Israel with genocide at the International Court of Justice to China?

Guest Speaker:  Carice Witte is the Founder and Executive Director of SIGNAL Group (Sino-Israel Global Network & Academic Leadership), an Israeli policy and organization that specializes on China-Israel and China-Middle East affairs. Ms. Witte has authored articles, research and policy analysis papers on Sino-Israel relations, China’s evolving policy reforms and their impact on Israel and strategic communication. Her research focuses on Israel’s China’s foreign and domestic policy as it impacts Israel and the region, China’s work in the United Nations, China’s Global Security Initiative and Global Civilizations Initiative and China and the Middle East. Ms. Witte is on the board of the Israel Council on Foreign Affairs.