Peloni: When reading this important essay by Hugh Fitzgerald, please take note of the fact that Washington’s interest in this war have always been motivated by its China policy. When doing so, as Haviv Rettig Gur recently noted, you will grasp many things which would otherwise never be apparent.
Old hatreds, new propaganda from Beijing.
by Hugh Fitzgerald | Mar 13, 2026
Flypast of the Chengdu J-20 during the opening of Airshow China in Zhuhai. Photo by Alert5 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia
It used to be said that China was one of the very few places on earth that had never experienced antisemitism. That proud boast can no longer be made. At the direction of Xi Jinping, China has turned up the volume of its official Israel-hatred, for reasons of state, including the desire to win Arab favor and contracts, and because the Chinese figure that if Israel is a loyal and effective ally of the United States, then it must perforce be understood to be an enemy of China. More on China’s display of state-encouraged antisemitism can be found here: “China Unleashes ‘Antisemitic Wave’ Amid Gaza Conflict, New Report Shows,” by David Michael Swindle, Algemeiner, February 24, 2026:
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