China's official news agency reported on a diplomatic conversation with Saudi Arabia.

China’s foreign minister said Saturday that Israel has gone too far in responding to last week’s invasion by Hamas, China’s official news agency reported.

Speaking to Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Israel’s actions have extended beyond self-defense.

According to Xinhua, China has an interest in helping resolve the conflict and the underlying issues involving the Palestinian population.

  • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    At the “start” of this, I didn’t really have an opinion. But that’s mostly due to lack of knowledge and the complexity of the issue.

    I was initially siding with Israel as they were hit first, but their response has made me rethink things.

    I’m still really undecided and am unqualified to make an opinion anyway.

    • sab@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      The fact that you consider yourself unqualified to make an opinion probably makes you more qualified to do so than 95% of the idiots out there whose opinions are already firmly established.

  • Airazz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So Palestine is now supported by russia, Syria, Iran, China, all the greatest and most fair countries in the world.

  • cyd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    He’s not wrong. But it’s worth remembering that when China faced a far smaller provocation from their own restive Muslims, in Xinjiang, they responded by locking up a large fraction of the population in vast reeducation camps…