US media: The United States and Israel have consulted on China issues for two consecutive times, and the United States has pressured Israel to "choose a side"

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At the end of 2021, the United States and Israel discussed China-related issues at least twice. The US Axios News Network broke the news on January 5 local time that the Biden government and the Israeli government held low-key consultations on The China issue last month. The talks came a week before U.S. National Security Adviser Sullivan and Israeli Foreign Minister Pied Rapid discussed China-related matters last month. According to the report, the Biden administration has put pressure on Israel on China-related investment, and the Israeli side wants to remain cautious.

Axios News Network: The Biden administration put pressure on Israel on China-related investment

The talks, which were most recently revealed by us media, were held on December 14 last year and were presided over by national security advisers from both the United States and Israel. The report said that this is the first time since Biden took office that the two countries have held extensive consultations on The China issue.

Over the past decade, Netanyahu has worked to build closer ties with China and attract Chinese investment in infrastructure and technology, but some projects have become a rare point of contention between the Netanyahu government and the Trump administration.

The report then said that Israel's new government has signaled that it will take the "concerns" of the United States more seriously and look at China more from the perspective of so-called "national security".

Last month's meeting included representatives from various government agencies dealing with the economy, foreign policy and national security. A senior Israeli official revealed that the two sides proposed an overall policy line and exchanged views during their respective policy deliberations, but no decision was reached.

A week after the meeting, the content of another meeting was also exposed by foreign media a few days ago, that is, last month, the US President's national security adviser Sullivan met with Israeli Foreign Minister Rapid in Jerusalem. "Israel agreed to inform the United States about trade with China to avoid tensions", Israel's Jerusalem Post reported on the 3rd that continuing to maintain a balance between strategic relations with the United States and economic relations with the third largest trading partner China will become one of the main challenges facing Israel's foreign policy in 2022.

Foreign media have revealed that the China-related content of the two US-Israel talks is similar, and both are the United States exerting pressure on Israel on China-related issues. The Axios news network finally mentioned that the Israeli Security Cabinet meeting was held last Sunday, and two Israeli officials attending the meeting said that foreign affairs officials informed ministers that the Biden administration is increasing pressure on Israel and other countries to "choose sides" between the United States and China. One senior Israeli official said the Israeli government faces a major dilemma — whether to maintain a trade balance with China or to be more aggressive on the side of the United States.

"We don't have any dilemmas about who our most important allies are, and we pay more attention to the concerns of the United States." The senior Israeli official declared, "But we will not avoid doing something with China that the United States will not avoid."