Israel Fears Secret U.S.-China Deal Over Iran at Beijing Summit

Analysis
When Washington treats Tehran as a bargaining variable in a broader U.S.-China negotiation, corroborated across four outlets, Israeli red lines become subordinate to American transactional interests. Beijing holds genuine leverage over Tehran through trade and diplomatic access, making a summit-derived side arrangement trading semiconductor or export-control concessions for Chinese pressure on Iran a credible possibility, concluded without Israeli input on terms Jerusalem considers existential. Whether Israel would receive advance notification before implementation remains unknown. The expressed alarm may instead function as a diplomatic signal designed to insert Jerusalem into deliberations it would otherwise be excluded from.