An Israeli parliamentary delegation visited Taiwan last week, led by Boaz Toporovsky, a sitting member of the Israeli Knesset and chairman of the Taiwan-Israel Friendship Group.
The visit was taken by Israel-watchers as another sign that its relations with China are cooling in the wake of the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas.
Israel established formal diplomatic ties with China in 1992 and kicked off a rapidly growing economic relationship at the same time, forgetting China’s Mao-era support for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as China’s economy opened up. By 2017, China had become Israel’s largest trading partner.
At the same time, Israel maintained good relations with Taiwan, including an unofficial embassy known as the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. As with
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