Although the IDF is still using Chinese vehicles to patrol its Tel Aviv headquarters, a Western observer told JNS that not all data risks warrant bans.

How the Iran war could open the door to the Middle East for China and why Israel will ultimately be left with the real problem.

Seen through the larger US-China rivalry, the claim that Israel dragged America into a narrow regional conflict that the US is struggling to “win” becomes far less convincing.

While the world focuses on missiles, drones, ceasefires and headlines, a much larger picture is emerging in the background.

China wages war not with missiles, but with words. In Western societies, the ideological explosives of a sophisticated influence campaign are detonating.

Rivalry with the US sees Beijing seizing the Hamas war as an opportunity to expand its diplomatic influence and reshape global opinion in its favor.

If Qatar supplies the messaging, China provides the machinery in what is now called “cognitive warfare.”

While Israel is fixated on Gaza and believes it only needs to focus on the war against Hamas, the geopolitical power balance is shifting in the Far East, and we’re overlooking it.

The move follows a deterioration in Israel-China ties amid the war in Gaza and Western fears over espionage.