Xi Jinping's visit to Saudi Arabia is confirmed for Dec 7. While the US is nervous & angry, Middle East will continue to shift towards China/Asia for many reasons.
Even the ads in #FIFAWorldCup at Qatar reveal the difference between USA and China: Budweiser v. Hisense!
Hisense is the world's #2 household appliance company and makes TV, refrigerators, washing machines etc., which are all quite hi-tech now. Other popular Chinese ad: Vivo (smartphones)
Meanwhile, America has ads for beer and junk food (Coca Cola and McDonald's) in Qatar.
China has real skills and lots of money that it invests in pragmatic ways.
Chinese companies build stadiums, solar farms, 5G networks, entire cities and so on.
Arab countries also receive a lot of FDI from China.
Of course, China is the world’s #1 importer of oil and natural gas, making it the Middle East’s best customer.
In the future, Petro-Yuan will be a reality — when OPEC and others will sell oil for Chinese Yuan.
That will also be bad news for the dollar and US hegemony.
In 2016, Xi Jinping visited the Middle East for the first time. And Saudi Prince Salman (MBS) was at the airport to welcome Xi.
Both have long-term and strategic visions -- #BRI is key but not the only item.
Xi Jinping’s visit will also include the first China-Arab Summit. This will be a momentous event since the Chinese gov must have a really big vision and plan.
Not like the Trump-Arab Summit five years ago! 😃
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Here’s young Netanyahu with Yitzhak Shamir, who was not only the PM of Israel but also the head of a Zionist terrorist group known as Lehi or “Stern Gang.”
In 1948, Shamir assassinated the UN diplomat Count Bernadotte, who was sent to Palestine to mediate between Jews and Arabs.
Oh, the Stern Gang also tried to assassinate US President Truman using a letter‐bomb in 1947! 🔥
Israel, the greatest ally!
Yitzhak Shamir later worked for the Mossad for 17 years, and worked AGAINST independence of numerous countries in Africa!
Israel’s view in South Africa was that whites should treat blacks the same way as Zionists treat Palestinians.
Not surprisingly, the SA apartheid regime was Israel’s #1 customer of military weapons!
The most evil Zionist couple in the world — Victoria Nuland and Robert Kagan.
Kagan belonged to PNAC, the Israel-linked think tank which said in Sep 2000 that the US needed a “catastrophic and catalyzing event like a new Pearl Harbor.”
Exactly one year later, 9/11 happened.
Nuland, of course, played a key role in the coup in Ukraine in 2014.
PNAC’s infamous white paper was called “Rebuilding America’s Defenses.”
The PNAC was full of people with strong links to Israel — like Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle.
These people also collaborated with Netanyahu on another white paper called “Clean Break,” which called for taking out Saddam Hussein and many others in the region.
💥Wow, there’s hope in this world! The ICJ says that Israel’s war on Gaza is likely a genocide — i.e., under Geneva Convention.
Hence the trial will continue!
The judges went against mighty imperialist & banking powers!💪🏻
Also, kudos to South Africa for filing the case & arguing brilliantly!
The technical question was whether Israeli bombing of civilians, deprivation of food, water, medicine etc. amount to actions that would fall under the review of Geneva convention.
The ICJ: “Genocide must stop”
This is a huuuuuuge blow for the United States of Israel, which is very sensitive to public opinions. (That’s why they spend so much time on censorship and propaganda)
Interestingly, the ICJ used the words of Israeli officials to conclude that there was an “intent to commit genocide.”
Example: Israel’s defense minister & others often call Palestinians as “human animals.”
Other Israelis have called for use of nuclear weapons or eliminating everything in Gaza.