Timothy Birdnow

Things are happening in Israel that are being eclipsed by the Coronavirus pandemic. And they may have a profound effect on world affairs.

First, Benjamin Netanyahu has formed a coalition government and is preparing to move forward with the Trump plan to declare Israeli sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria now held by Palestine.

This has the potential to stir up a lot of trouble.

Second, the Chinese Ambassador to Israel was found dead in his home - not long after President Trump sought to limit Israeli investing with China.

While there were no signs of foul play, the very suspicious nature of Du Wei (ditty, ditty dum ditty Du) - and the already defensive nature of the Chicoms as their hand in the pandemic is increasingly evident - makes one worry about how China will respond.

Du Wei is believed to have died of a heart attack. Of course, there are ways to cause a heart attack...

At the best of times the Chinese Communists are paranoid; it goes with the territory when you are the largest slaveholders in the world. But given the fact that China was at a minimum guilty of hiding the degree of infection in Wuhan and may well have created this virus to attack American commerce they are going to be doubly paranoid, and apt to blame some people. And since Benjamin Netanyahu remains in power, and is a friend of the United States, they may be prepared to take some retaliatory action.

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