Israel supported a statement criticizing China at the UN Human Rights Council after being pressured to do so by the Biden administration, U.S. and Israeli officials tell me.
This is a significant policy change from Israel’s newly inaugurated government. Under former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel refrained from voicing any criticism about human rights violations in China — pushing for closer ties with Beijing and resisting pressure from the Trump administration to limit Chinese investments in Israel.
More than 40 countries signed the statement expressing “grave concern” about human rights violations by the Chinese government against the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang and civilians in Hong Kong and Tibet.
- The statement called on the Chinese government to allow UN human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet and other independent observers “immediate, meaningful and unfettered access” to Xinjiang.
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