Commander of the Chinese army in the first visit to the occupied territories Listen Rate translation

Visited the commander of the Chinese armed forces entity of the Israeli occupation on Sunday, in what analysts step in the process of re-evaluation of the situation in the Middle East carried out by Beijing in the wake of political unrest in the framework of the "Arab spring".

A spokesman for the occupation army that General Chen Banagdi is scheduled to visit a military base and listen to statements from security, describing hisunprecedented that it is part of a "continuing and development of internationalcooperation as a means to address common challenges."

And established entity of the Israeli occupation and China relations by nearly 20years, but U.S. opposition to Israeli arms sales to China cast a shadow overthese relations.

He believed Jaddalaa Afterman a China specialist at the Institute for Jewish People Policy is a research center, an Israeli visit Qin sign of "the growingChinese interest in the relationship with Israel because of instability in thesurrounding Arab countries."

Afterman said, "They have taken by surprise as did not expect events in the Middle East," he said, adding that China might try to resume defenseagreements with Israel.

The Ministry statement said the Israeli war that Barak and Chen discussed "relations with the Palestinian Authority and the situation in the war oninternational terrorism (according to the statement).