# China tells Israel to stop ‘forced establishment’ of West Bank settlements

https://mins.news/en/item/102509

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-16 02:56 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/16/china-tells-israel-to-stop-forced-establishment-of-west-bank-settlements?traffic_source=rss

> China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Israel to stop and reverse its “forced establishment” of West Bank settlements during a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Azerbaijan. Wang called the Palestinian question the century’s greatest historical injustice, backed a two-state solution and said access to Gaza should be fully opened to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe from spreading.

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