In Beijing, Schumer calls on Xi to support Israel after Hamas attacks

October 9th, 2023

Awake Goy

US Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, on Monday called on Chinese President, Xi Jinping, to support Israel after deadly attacks by Hamas, adding he was “disappointed” that Beijing showed “no sympathy” for the country over the weekend, Reuters reports. State media accounts of the meeting skirted Israel, instead focusing on the need for collaboration and mutual respect, and offering dovish remarks by Xi that could help lay the groundwork for a potential summit with US President Joe Biden next month. Fighters from the group, Hamas, killed 700 Israelis and abducted dozens more as they attacked Israeli towns on Saturday, the deadliest incursion into Israeli territory since Egypt and Syria’s attacks in the Yom Kippur war, 50 years ago. Israel responded by […] Source