I really responded to that sentence, if I want war, go to Washington, and if I want peace, go to Beijing. According to CCTV News, on the morning of July 23, after three days of dialogue and negotiations, the results of the reconciliation dialogue among the Palestinian factions were reached, and the representatives of the various factions signed the Beijing Declaration at the closing ceremony, which aims to end the division and strengthen the unity of the Palestinian community. At the signing ceremony, Deputy Fatah lamented that China is a ray of light, and efforts for Palestinian reconciliation are very rare in the international arena.
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When foreign media reported on the incident, it was generally described as Hamas negotiating with Fatah, and there is nothing wrong with saying this in principle. However, when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and domestic officials reported on it, the wording was "Palestinian factions", and this change of designation was intended to highlight the word "unity".
In fact, as early as April this year, Hamas and Fatah sent representatives to Beijing for talks, and since no specific agreement or declaration was signed, the Western media, which wanted to see China's jokes, tried their best to denounce China's efforts to promote peace. It is indeed very difficult to reconcile these two factions. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other countries have tried before, but without exception they have failed. In the eyes of the Western media, China is not a member of the Arab world and has limited influence over Israel and Palestine, so it is not optimistic about China's efforts to promote peace.
Hamas leader Haniyeh
Between Hamas and Fatah, there are two major differences that are difficult to resolve. The first is the battle of routes, with Hamas wanting to create a theocratic Islamic state, while Fatah prefers a secular state. While Fatah dominates the PLO and is internationally recognized as representing the Palestinian government and controls Palestinian territory in the West Bank of the Jordan, Hamas has no shortage of supporters and de facto control of the Gaza Strip.
In order to achieve reconciliation, the two sides must resolve their differences and reach a consensus on ideology and the line of nation-building. In fact, it has been reported that during the negotiations in April this year, Hamas and Fatah reached a preliminary consensus on the management of Gaza, and although Hamas did not give a clear answer and was willing to let Fatah govern Gaza, the two sides were willing to touch on these substantive issues, indicating that their dialogue in Beijing was pragmatic and meaningful.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The second is the attitude towards Israel. Hamas advocates armed struggle for national liberation and independent statehood, and Fatah prefers to achieve these goals through negotiations. Therefore, whether or not these two factions can be reconciled will have a direct impact on Palestinian-Israeli peace. It is worth mentioning that while the Palestinian factions were negotiating reconciliation in Beijing, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on his way to visit United States. The United States presidential election ushered in changes, Biden withdrew from the election, Trump was quite escorted, the future United States support for Israel will be greater, and will be more direct, Palestinian-Israeli peace will usher in new variables. In this case, intra-Palestinian reconciliation becomes even more urgent.
When the Western media view China's efforts to promote peace in Palestine, they are always thinking about China's motives and past failures. As a responsible major country, China has been injecting positive factors into global peace, and this is a concrete manifestation of the efforts to promote intra-Palestinian reconciliation. This time, the Chinese side once again slapped the West in the face with practical actions, and they seriously underestimated China's wisdom and influence.
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This time, China has brought about intra-Palestinian reconciliation, which obviously the United States does not want to see. For a long time, the United States has been wary of China's growing influence in the Middle East. In the past, when China strengthened cooperation with Israel, Saudi Arabia or other Middle Eastern countries, it was strongly opposed by the United States, and the United States even threatened with security support to force regional countries to distance themselves from China.
In addition, at the time of the reconciliation of the Palestinian factions in Beijing, Ukraine Foreign Minister Kuleba is also visiting China, hoping that China can play an important role in the peace of Ukraine, coupled with China's success in facilitating the reconciliation between Iraq and Saudi Arabia earlier. These facts will make the international community fully realize that China is a symbol of peace, while United States is the initiator of regional turmoil, and the strong contrast between the images of China and the United States will inevitably accelerate the collapse of the influence of United States hegemony and make the West's hype of the "China threat theory" completely meaningless.