Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi's special plane has arrived in Beijing, officially opening his state visit to China. It is worth mentioning that on the way to China, Egypt and Israel exchanged fire at Rafah Port. Although the scale is small, there are casualties. Even if there is only one person, the nature of the casualties is completely different.
[Egyptian President Abdel Sisi Arrives in China]
Although the Israeli side said that Egyptian soldiers shot at Israel on their side, the casualties happened in Egypt, so we can't make a hasty conclusion. What's more, we also know what Israel's style of conflict in Gaza is. We must not listen to Israel's unilateral rhetoric.
This incident also immediately attracted the attention of the international community. At present, Egypt and Israel are negotiating about the exchange of fire. But things may not work out for a while. If Israel is bent on procrastinating, it can use various excuses to prevaricate, but Egypt lacks direct and effective pressure methods.
Moreover, if Egypt knew how to deal with Israel, it would not be frustrated in the process of mediating between Israel and Hamas.
As for the firefight, although Saixi was in China, he must have listened to the relevant briefing at the first time. Of course, since only the exchange of fire did not evolve into a larger conflict, it was not enough for him to directly interrupt his visit to China.
[Israel and Egypt exchanged fire at Rafah Port]
In addition, his current visit was intended to exchange views with China on the Palestinian Israeli conflict and listen to our views. Now, after Israel attacked Rafah, it has "bombed" the refugee camp by mistake and exchanged fire with Egyptian forces, which just shows the urgency of the situation from other aspects. It can be said that it is better to be quick than quick this time.
In the past few days when Sisi was in Beijing, the ministerial meeting of the China Arab Cooperation Forum is being held in Beijing, and many countries in the Middle East have sent ministerial level high-level officials or representatives. In addition to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi, the heads of state of Bahrain, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates also paid state visits to China at this time and attended the opening ceremony of the meeting.
This is enough to show that Arab countries attach particular importance to China's influence on the Palestinian Israeli issue.
China has also made it clear that the ministerial meeting of this forum will not only discuss multilateral cooperation between China and Arab countries. Foreign Minister Wang Yi will work with Arab foreign ministers to continue in-depth discussions on the Palestinian Israeli issue, form a common voice, and promote the international community to step up the implementation of the two countries' programs.
[Israel pokes several big baskets in Rafah]
On the whole, for the Palestine Israel issue, China and Arab countries are highly consistent in terms of short-term and long-term goals. Our short-term goal is that the ceasefire resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council with difficulty must be thoroughly and comprehensively implemented. At the same time, positive measures should be taken to alleviate the humanitarian crisis caused by the conflict, with the focus on avoiding escalation of the situation and spillover of the conflict.
This has aroused wide resonance among Arab countries. It is also hoped that China, as a permanent member of the Security Council, will try its best to promote the implementation of the ceasefire resolution.
In the long run, the key to the long-term stability of the Middle East lies in whether the Palestinian Israeli issue can be properly resolved. Palestine has suffered from historical injustice for many years, so after the above short-term goals are achieved, it is imperative to return to the right track of the two State solution.
In this regard, the general attitude of Arab countries is to hope that China can play a greater role, or even directly end up "playing the challenge" with the United States and Israel.
[Spain, Norway and Ireland officially recognize Palestine]
However, we have a more comprehensive consideration and hope to provide a more solid foundation for the "two country plan" by promoting the strategic autonomy of regional countries. In the final analysis, regional countries are the main force in reshaping the Middle East security pattern. And China has never regarded the Middle East as an occasion for great powers to play games.
Let me add that Rafah has been in a serious situation recently. Israel has poked several big crates, exchanged fire with Egypt, and "bombed" the refugee camp by mistake, which has led to massive civilian casualties and caused public outrage.
Netanyahu also had to bow down symbolically. But as long as the United States is behind it, Israel will probably go its own way.
The Security Council also held a closed meeting in response to the situation in Rafah; When the ministerial meeting of the China Arab Cooperation Forum was held, the EU also held a meeting in Brussels to discuss the Palestine Israel issue with many countries in the Middle East.
[Middle East countries are also in contact with the EU to promote the two country plan]
For its part, the EU basically agrees that the "two country plan" should be fully implemented. Meanwhile, Spain, Norway and Ireland have decided to officially recognize Palestine. It remains to be seen whether their actions will generate wind effect in Europe. Because only Spain has real weight.
As for Germany and France, which have the right to speak, they are both ambiguous. However, the overall progress of events is in line with our expectations. The Palestinian Israeli conflict has become increasingly serious, and the enthusiasm of the international community has been further mobilized to fully participate in the discussion and settlement of the Palestinian Israeli issue at all levels, but there is still much room for improvement.
If the current situation is maintained, sooner or later, the pressure of the international community will exceed the limits that the United States and Israel can bear. In fact, since the United States abstained from the ceasefire resolution of the Security Council, this sign has been very obvious. However, if we want to make breakthrough progress, we need more time to precipitate.
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