Since the ascendancy of Xi Jinping as Chinese leader, it has increasingly asserted its role as a global rival of the US. In particular, during the Trump presidency China asserted its nationalist claims to territories in the South China Sea disputed by neighboring states. China, the US and our allies have disputed these claims and […]
BREAKING: Israeli Aerospace Engineers Earned Tens of Millions Illegally Selling Advanced Missiles to China
חשיפה: המדינה שיוצאי התעשייה האווירית פיתחו עבורה טילים משוטטים היא סין. Israel’s Shin Bet announced it had broken up a ring of Israeli aerospace engineers which had sold the country’s most advanced missile technology to China in return for “tens of millions” of dollars. There were at least 20 individuals involved in the illegal […]
Trump, Netanyahu Pull UAE Rabbit Out of Hat
Today, Donald Trump announced at the White House that Israel and the UAE planned to sign what media reports are calling a “historic” peace deal which would normalize relations between the two countries. The deal, apparently largely brokered by Jared Kushner, seems at first glance quite a feather in the First Son-in-Law’s cap. It offers […]
Iran Turns to China for $400-Billion Lifeline, Thumbing Its Nose at Trump
The NY Times reports that China and Iran have prepared a far-reaching commercial agreement that would offer Iran $400-billion in investment over 25 years in return for selling China a large proportion of the oil it produces over the same period (at a sharply discounted rate): The partnership…would vastly expand Chinese presence in banking, telecommunications, […]
