The Israeli Embassy in Beijing accused Chinese-state broadcaster China Global Television Network of "blatant antisemitism" on Wednesday after one of its presenters used a number of antisemitic conspiracy theories while delivering a report on US policy and its relationship to Israel.
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According to Channel News Asia, presenter Zheng Junfeng said that "some people think that the pro-Israel policy of the United States is linked to the influence of wealthy Jews in the United States and the Jewish lobby on US foreign policymakers."
Zheng continued: "Jews dominate the financial, media and Internet industries" in the US.
Zheng then accused the United States, China's main geopolitical rival, of using Israel as a "bridgehead" in the Middle East and as a proxy in its campaign to defeat pan-Arabism.
The comments immediately drew outrage from Israel's diplomatic mission in Beijing, which started in a tweet that it was "appalled to see blatant antisemitism expressed in an official Chinese media outlet."
"The claims expressed in the video are racist and dangerous, and should be avoided by any media outlet that respects itself," the embassy said.
