Israeli lawmaker’s Taiwan visits repeatedly violate one-China policy: Beijing

Embassy admonishes ‘troublemaker’ Boaz Toporovsky for undermining the foundation of bilateral relations

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Israeli Knesset member Boaz Toporovsky meets Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te in Taipei last week. Photo: CNA

Published: 4:00pm, 22 Sep 2025Updated: 5:00pm, 22 Sep 2025

Beijing has strongly condemned an Israeli lawmaker’s visit to Taiwan, calling the politician a troublemaker and accusing him of undermining bilateral relations.

In Taipei last Tuesday, Knesset member Boaz Toporovsky met Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te, who thanked the Israeli parliament for “staunchly backing Taiwan’s international participation”, according to Lai’s office.

In response, Beijing’s embassy in Tel Aviv said on Sunday that Toporovsky, from the liberal Zionist Yesh Atid party, had repeatedly and blatantly violated the one-China policy upheld by the Israeli government.

Toporovsky’s numerous erroneous remarks and actions were “severely undermining the political foundation of China-Israel relations. He has become a troublemaker for the sound development of bilateral ties”, the embassy said.

In the exchange with an unidentified reporter that was posted on the embassy’s website, an embassy spokesperson added that Toporovsky’s political credibility had been “completely eroded”, and that he was not eligible to represent others.

“We admonish [Toporovsky] not to delude himself that he can harm China’s core interests and the national sentiments of the Chinese people without paying a price. If he does not rein in at the brink of the precipice, he will be shattered.”

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