Doing the bidding of her Beijing overlords.
Exactly right.
Why do you suspect China? Israel has close relations with China. They do much trade, including in high tech.
This Foreign Policy article is two years old, but should be relevant: Why the U.S. Can’t Get Israel to Break Up With China.
“Israel sees China as an opportunity,” said Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to Washington. “For the United States, China is a threat—a three-pronged threat that’s strategic, commercial, and technological.”
For Israel, the opportunities abound. Chinese construction companies are expected to bid on upcoming infrastructure projects in Israel ranging from light rail to 5G telecommunications networks. And the Chinese are expected to invest billions of dollars in Israeli technology ventures in the coming years.
Already, Shanghai International Port Group is building a new container port in Haifa, which some U.S. officials believe could be used to conduct surveillance on the U.S. 6th Fleet whenever it ports at a nearby Navy base.
Chinese companies are building another Israeli port in Ashdod and a light rail project through the greater Tel Aviv area, which will run a few hundred yards from the Israeli military headquarters. Meanwhile, Chinese companies invested some $400 million in Israeli start-ups in 2018 and $243 million in 2019, according to IVC Data and Insights.
The ChiComs took Australia the same way they did the Solomons.
They bought its pols.
Only took two posts. WTF is happening in Australia? What a mess over there. New Zealand is worse.