China and Israel in the Belt and Road Initiative
What is Israel’s role in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)?
While cutting-edge technology and innovation have been the bedrock on which the China-Israel relationship has flourished over the past years, other sectors of its economy should further define the long-term economic and political relationship between the countries. Israel ranked as the second lowest investment risk on the Economist Intelligence Unit BRI risk index, making investment in the market highly attractive for China, which is currently looking for a more strategic regional footprint.
China should pay close attention to the developments within Israel’s economy beyond the tech sector, which are due to turn Israel to an even more significant economic power than it is today. Massive developments of energy resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, new ports coming online on its Mediterranean shores, new trade routes between Israel and its Arab Neighbors, a growing geoeconomic alliance between Israel, Cyprus and Greece, and significant financial resources in Israeli investment intuitions, make it a highly attractive BRI market for China.
https://thediplomat.com/2018/09/china-and-israel-in-the-belt-and-road-initiative/
Israel Is Giving China the Keys to Its Largest Port – and the U.S. Navy May Abandon Israel
China will operate Haifa port, near Israel's alleged nuclear-armed submarines, and it seems no one in Israel thought about the strategic ramifications
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-israel-is-giving-china-the-keys-to-its-largest-port-and-the-u-s-navy-may-abandon-israel-1.6470527