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Understand that the United States has failed to rely on it, and that 57 countries have reached a united front against Israel and are still relying on China?At the same time, the EU, which has always supported Israel, has also launched sanctions against Israel.
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On September 9, in the capital of Qatar, Doha, a missile broke the sky in the early morning of the desert, precisely the Hamas Political Bureau station.The blast wave has not yet dispersed, and within the Udeid air base only 35 kilometers away from the scene, the U.S. military "Patriot" air defense system radar screen is still silent.
The 260-hectare military fortress, the largest U.S. military hub in the Middle East, has more than 10,000 troops deployed and sophisticated command control systems, but has no response to Israeli allied raids.
When Trump was asked about this at the New Jersey airport, his eyes blinked with a vague statement that Qatar has always been a great ally, and Israel must deal with it with caution," he said after his speech, turning to supporting Israel's military operations in Gaza.
This contradiction is a strange response to the silence of the Udeid base — the United States just signed a 10-year deployment agreement with Qatar in 2024, and Qatar has invested billions of dollars in upgrading facilities in exchange for the evaporation of air defense pledges in real warfare.
U.S. Secretary of State Rubio’s trip was even more ironic: he arrived in Tel Aviv five days after the airstrikes and spoke secretly with Netanyahu for three hours, saying the U.S. alliance with Israel would not change.”
The Arab media keenly captured the details: when rubio emphasized unity, Qatar's air defense forces had quietly dismantled some radar components provided by the US military and replaced them with domestic equipment for independent alert.
“The Doha Summit.”
The roar of Qatar’s Emirate of Tamil is ringing at the Doha International Convention Center, and Netanyahu’s dangerous fantasies are dragging the whole region into a sea of fire!” at the September 15 Arab-Islamic Emergency Summit, the host’s voice trembled from anger.
The applause of delegates from 57 countries shattered the illusion of the Middle Eastern order dominated by the United States, and the historic shaking of the hands of Iran’s President Pezzaiyan and Egyptian President Sisi became a symbol of the reunification of the Islamic world.
The draft resolution adopted by the summit condemns Israel’s “feeble terrorist acts” and “genocidal acts,” warning its actions could destroy all the results of normalizing relations with Arab countries.
The UAE representative announced the summoning of the Israeli Deputy Ambassador, the first Gulf country to establish relations with Israel in 2020, and now expresses its anger at its allies through diplomatic degradation, while Iraq is delighted to be the only country to receive Israel’s “non-aggression guarantee,” a special treatment that is now even more absurd.
In the corridors outside the conference room, military representatives exchanged anxious eyes.The phone positioning intelligence tactics that Israel’s airstrikes depend on have been disrupted – Hamas officials have unified electronic equipment in accordance with security procedures, resulting in a drastic reduction in missile death rates.
This detail spread quickly in the low-voiced exchange during the coffee break, and became a silent question about the failure of the American intelligence sharing system. When Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed announced that he would "seek a new security mechanism", all the participants understood what this meant.
The attractiveness of the Eastern arsenal.
Malaysian Defense Minister Mohammad Khalid Nodding’s shoes stumbled onto the floor of China’s Space Industry Group exhibition hall and made a rushing sound. The guest who had just landed on the plane, who had temporarily changed its schedule, headed straight toward the model showcase of the Eagle Shot 12E missile.
“Can it break through the Zeus Shield system at a speed of 4 Mach?” his question gave the accompanying Chinese experts a smile at the head.The 400-kilometre range of the supersonic anti-ship missile, whose end-to-end maneuverability is exactly the defensive tool the Gulf nation dreams of.
Saudi Prince Reserve bin Salman’s assessment is widespread in the Middle East diplomatic circle: “China’s weapons system’s integrity and practical combat capabilities have been fully verified.””Behind this is the arms purchase plan that Riyadh is pushing forward – from drone production lines to the overall introduction of air defense systems, replacing the traditional models that used to rely on U.S. equipment.
Qatar's military was even more direct. During the summit, it sent a delegation to Beijing to discuss the procurement of air defense systems. The silence of Udeid base made them determined to seek multiple guarantees. In the exhibition area of Chinese military enterprises, the concerns of customers in the Middle East have quietly changed.
This discrepancy in perception is re-shaping the map of arms procurement in the Middle East.When the Malaysian Defense Minister signed the Missile Parameter Sheet to confirm the intention to cooperate, the electronic screen outside the exhibition hall was broadcasting the news of EU sanctions on Israel.
“Map of isolated allies.”
The Brussels announcement broke Tel Aviv’s fantasy. On September 17, the European Commission officially announced a plan for sanctions against Israel: freezing extremist ministerial assets, suspending preferential treatment for importing European goods, involving trade profits of 15.9 billion euros per year for Israel’s exports. The names of Ben-Govell and Smotrich on the list, the two core members of Netanyahu’s cabinet, will face an entry ban from EU member states.
The result of the UN General Assembly vote was more symbolic. The New York Declaration called for the recognition of a Palestinian state, with only the United States and Israel voting against. France then announced that it would promote the proposal for the establishment of a Palestinian state during the UN General Assembly, and Canada and others responded.
This diplomatic isolation forced Netanyahu to rely more on the United States, but found that Washington itself was in trouble – when Rubio visited Qatar, he encountered a cold, procedural meeting with the host, rather than an enthusiastic reception.
The new EU sanctions announcement is vivid along the Tel Aviv streets alongside military posters.Israeli businessmen have begun to calculate the cost of losing EU preferential tariffs, while ordinary people are confused about why former allies have turned away.
Only the star flag still floated in front of the U.S. embassy, but the eyes of the passers were complicated.When France and Saudi Arabia announced that they would host the international conference on Palestine, Israeli officials had to admit that, apart from Washington, they had few friends on the international stage.
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The restructuring of the world pattern sometimes begins at a moment when America’s promises are no longer reliable, and when old allies choose to betray, new partnerships are silently shaped in the face of real needs.