The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin was no sideshow—it was a signal: China is openly forging an alliance with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, Iran’s mullahs, Turkey, and Pakistan. And India, our strategic partner, is suddenly at the table. This isn’t distant symbolic politics; it’s a tectonic shift that directly affects Israel. We’re fooling ourselves if we think the threat only comes from Gaza. In the last few days, I’ve followed this summit on various Telegram channels and realized that it was missed in Israel and the West, intentionally or not.

The Bible teaches us that Israel has always stood between the superpowers—back then between Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon; today between Washington, Moscow, and Beijing. The East opposes the West’s new world order, and Israel is right in the middle. Anyone who overlooks this is walking blindly into the future.

While Washington drastically raises its tariffs on New Delhi, India is seeking alternatives—and finding them in Beijing. In Tianjin, Prime...

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