JERUSALEM, Sept. 2 -- China's initiatives aimed at breaking the protracted Israeli-Palestinian peace stalemate fuel hopes for a breakthrough, Israel's former Ambassador to China Matan Vilnai told Xinhua in a recent interview.
Vilnai was referring to China's interest in taking a bigger role in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, with Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiling a four-point plan to push forward the peace talks deadlocked since 2017.
"It is good because it will be the first time that the Chinese (step in). It is good to have some new initiatives and new ideas," said Vilnai, who joined the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) after completing a four-year term as Israel's ambassador to China (2017-2016).
Vilnai, head of the INSS research program on Israel-China relations, said the mistrust between Israel and Palestine is too big a hurdle to leap over for the time being.
In his view, the lack of unified governance inside the Palestinian National Authority, the belief by some Arabs that Israel has no right to exist, and the ongoing attacks on Israelis, are among many issues that have increased the mistrust that dims the light of peace.
However, the initiatives by China, which has maintained friendly ties with both Israelis and Palestinians, fuel hopes for a possible breakthrough in the search for peace between the two sides, Vilnai said.
At a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Beijing in July, President Xi put forward a four-point plan for settling the Palestinian issue.
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