The “Maariv” newspaper said a Chinese diplomatic official had confirmed that Israel’s relations with his country would suffer, against the background of the “Jerusalem Post” newspaper publishing an interview with Taiwan’s foreign minister, which Beijing considers part of its territory.
Maariv said that after the Jerusalem Post’s interview with Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, a Chinese diplomatic official threatened to lower his country’s ties with Israel and cut ties with the newspaper if not. the interview will be deleted. newspaper website.
In this regard, Yaakov Katz, editor of the “Jerusalem Post” newspaper, said in an interview with Radio “103FM”: in Taiwan. airspace last year. He did, and touched on what he expected to see from the State of Israel, the right side of the moral world that they were strict.
Yaakov Katz said that “half an hour after the interview was published on the website, the Chinese embassy in Israel called them, where a senior Chinese diplomatic official spoke,” adding, “They said we were wrong in the search. And how do we call it a foreign minister in general. ” Or Taiwan, a country, they want to delete the post. otherwise we will sever our relationship with the “Jerusalem Post” and this will seriously damage our relationship with Israel. “
And the editor of the “Jerusalem Post” added: “It is not clear to me what the relationship is between the newspaper and the Chinese government, we did not sign an agreement! .. I told senior diplomatic officials from the embassy:“ Thank you very much for the interview, knowing that the Jerusalem Post is a newspaper. It is important. ” Independent, we don’t work with the Israeli government or any other government, and that’s where the conversation ended.
Earlier, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, in an interview with the “Jerusalem Post”, expressed his concern about a possible Chinese invasion of his country and warned Israel not to trust Beijing too much.
Source: “i24”
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