Unter Berufung auf eine biblische Geschichte sagt Taiwans Präsident, Israel sei ein Vorbild für die Verteidigung der Insel
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/citing-biblical-story-taiwan-president-says-israel-is-model-islands-defence-2025-10-28/
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SS: Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te said Israel is a model for Taiwan in strengthening its defense, comparing Taiwan’s struggle against China to David versus Goliath.
At an event hosted by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, he praised Israel’s determination and said Taiwan should follow its example of peace through strength.
Lai also said Taiwan’s new „T-Dome“ air defense system was inspired by Israel’s Iron Dome and called for closer Taiwan-US-Israel cooperation.
The Taiwan-Israel relationship is so interesting to me. Both are small countries surrounded by or next to much larger countries that would see them destroyed and absorbed/assimilated. Both are vibrant democracies and high-tech centers that are critical to the global tech economy, but are otherwise weak in natural resources. Both count the US as a major (if not the most important) ally. And while their different struggles have nothing to do with each other and they sit on opposite sides of the globe, their shared US relationship often makes them bedfellows, even when there are other complicating factors (Chinese investment in Israel and the Middle East in general is growing and Israel has no direct beef with China, only through its alliance with the US).
As two small outposts of democracy in unfriendly regions, their struggles often put them in the same corner even if you wouldn’t expect it.