Israel accuses Chinese state TV of 'blatant anti-Semitism'
20 May 2021 | International
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Israel's embassy in China is protesting what it describes as “blatant anti-Semitism” on a programme run by the overseas channel of state broadcaster CCTV discussing the ongoing violence in Gaza and elsewhere.
In a tweet, the embassy said “we have hoped that the times of the Jew's controlling the world' conspiracy theories were over, unfortunately anti-Semitism has shown its ugly face again.'
“We are appalled to see blatant anti-Semitism expressed in an official Chinese media outlet," the tweet said.
On the Tuesday CGTN broadcast, host Zheng Junfeng questioned whether US support for Israel was truly based on shared democratic values, saying “some people believe that US pro-Israeli policy is traceable to the influence of wealthy Jews in the US and the Jewish lobby on US foreign policy makers.”
“Jews dominate finance and internet sectors,” Zheng says, speaking in English. “So do they have the powerful lobbies some say? Possible.”
Zheng then accused the US - China's top geopolitical rival - of using Israel as a “beachhead” in the Middle East and a as proxy in its campaign to defeat pan-Arabism.
Spokesperson Erez Katz Volovelsky said yesterday the embassy had nothing to add to its tweet and had so far received no reply from CGTN, which CCTV operates for foreign audiences, similar to Russia's RT.
CHINA
Israel's embassy in China is protesting what it describes as “blatant anti-Semitism” on a programme run by the overseas channel of state broadcaster CCTV discussing the ongoing violence in Gaza and elsewhere.
In a tweet, the embassy said “we have hoped that the times of the Jew's controlling the world' conspiracy theories were over, unfortunately anti-Semitism has shown its ugly face again.'
“We are appalled to see blatant anti-Semitism expressed in an official Chinese media outlet," the tweet said.
On the Tuesday CGTN broadcast, host Zheng Junfeng questioned whether US support for Israel was truly based on shared democratic values, saying “some people believe that US pro-Israeli policy is traceable to the influence of wealthy Jews in the US and the Jewish lobby on US foreign policy makers.”
“Jews dominate finance and internet sectors,” Zheng says, speaking in English. “So do they have the powerful lobbies some say? Possible.”
Zheng then accused the US - China's top geopolitical rival - of using Israel as a “beachhead” in the Middle East and a as proxy in its campaign to defeat pan-Arabism.
Spokesperson Erez Katz Volovelsky said yesterday the embassy had nothing to add to its tweet and had so far received no reply from CGTN, which CCTV operates for foreign audiences, similar to Russia's RT.
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