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Trump Posts on Social Media About Discussions With China's Xi
President Trump posted on social media framing his discussions with China's President Xi as validation of his administration’s domestic and foreign policies. The post came as Iran watched the meeting closely amid its own tensions with the United States and Israel. Separately, violence continued in Jerusalem, Gaza, the West Bank and southern Lebanon.
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President Trump has posted on social media, framing his discussions with China's President Xi as a validation of his administration’s domestic and foreign policies. Iran is watching the meeting closely. Alex Vatanka, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, told Al Jazeera that China’s relationship with Iran has been transformed over the past 25 years, shifting from a minor trading partner to Iran’s single largest.
China supplies Iran with machinery and equipment, including for its defence sector, and purchases about 90 percent of its crude oil output. Vatanka said what happens between China and the United States is something the Iranian regime watches with intense interest.
He added that the Iranian foreign minister’s visit to Beijing just last week was telling. “I suspect that visit was very much about seeking assurances from the Chinese that they would not throw Iran under the bus. The march marks the 1967 capture of East Jerusalem by Israeli forces and is considered illegal under international law.
Israeli settlers attacked a family with stones in the town of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, wounding a child. The child, Mohammed Nidal al-Rajabi, sustained facial wounds after being pelted with stones by settlers operating under the protection of Israeli police.
The UN reported a surge in settler violence across the occupied West Bank after a child was killed in an incident linked to Israeli settlers in the Ramallah area.
At least four Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in northern Gaza, according to hospital sources speaking to Al Jazeera. Israeli artillery targeted hills and towns in southern Lebanon, including Nabatieh al-Fouqa, Kfar Tebnit, Jebchit and Mefdoun.
Israel’s fighter jets carried out air strikes on Majdal Selem and Haris. Hezbollah said it launched two attacks on Israeli military targets, including a drone strike on a gathering of soldiers at the Rosh Hanikra site. The group described the actions as in response to Israeli ceasefire violations and attacks on southern Lebanon.
