{"id":8115,"date":"2024-11-01T19:55:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T18:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/?p=8115"},"modified":"2024-11-22T20:04:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T19:04:02","slug":"chinas-dubious-palestinian-unity-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2024\/11\/01\/chinas-dubious-palestinian-unity-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s Dubious Palestinian Unity Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2020\/11\/01\/erdogans-move-toward-an-islamic-caliphate\/eye-on-the-middle-east-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7281\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7281\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eye-on-the-middle-east-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eye-on-the-middle-east-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eye-on-the-middle-east-1-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>More than a dozen Palestinian factions\u2014including bitter rivals Fatah and Hamas\u2014recently signed a national unity deal aimed at maintaining Palestinian control over the Gaza Strip after the war with Israel ends.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>China&#8217;s Dubious Palestinian Unity Deal<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2024\/09\/01\/is-israel-too-dependent-on-the-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel My Glory<\/a> | November 1, 2024<\/p>\n<p>More than a dozen Palestinian factions\u2014including bitter rivals Fatah and Hamas\u2014recently signed a national unity deal aimed at maintaining Palestinian control over the Gaza Strip after the war with Israel ends. Known as the Beijing Declaration, the deal, negotiated by China, lays the groundwork for an interim national reconciliation government to rule post-war Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>China, which has long sought to expand its influence in the Middle East, touted the agreement as a diplomatic victory to enhance its image as a champion of the Palestinian cause. However, the deal is unlikely to succeed because it does not address the deep-seated divisions within the Palestinian movement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/israelmyglory.org\/article\/chinas-dubious-palestinian-unity-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than a dozen Palestinian factions\u2014including bitter rivals Fatah and Hamas\u2014recently signed a national unity deal aimed at maintaining Palestinian control over the Gaza Strip after the war with Israel ends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,233],"tags":[42,65,14],"class_list":["post-8115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","category-middle-east","tag-china","tag-israel","tag-middle-east"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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