Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has told Israeli President Isaac Herzog that Israel should stop and reverse its "forced establishment" of illegal occupied West Bank settlements, China's foreign ministry said in a statement.
China has consistently held that the Palestinian question is the greatest historical injustice of this century, Wang told Herzog during their meeting, the ministry added on Friday.
Wang said that promoting peace and reconciliation in the region is the "cornerstone" of China's Middle East policy.
China believes that the "two-state solution" is the right path to a resolution and the immediate priority is to fully open access to besieged Gaza so a humanitarian "catastrophe" is not allowed to spread, Wang added.
At the same time, Israel should stop and reverse its forced establishment of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, he said.
China is willing to work with the international community to push all parties to return to dialogue and consultation as soon as possible and seek a political settlement of the crisis, Wang added.
Illegal settler attacks and genocide
More than 500,000 Illegal Zionist settlers live in the occupied West Bank, which Israel has been occupying since 1967, in settlements and outposts illegal under international law.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who governs Israel with the far-right, has ramped up approval of illegal settlements.
Settler attacks against Palestinians including beatings, vandalism and arson averaged six a day in the first half of the year, according to the United Nations.
Last week settlers beat up an AFP photographer who took pictures of the harvest, fracturing his ribs and stealing his camera.
In Gaza, Israel has continued to breach the agreed "ceasefire" that paused its genocide, killing 1,505 Palestinians and wounding 5,332 others as of Thursday.
Since October 2023, Israel's genocide in Gaza, has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and wounded over 175,000 others, according to the ministry. The brutal offensive has also destroyed 90 percent of Gaza's infrastructure.
Analysts say the figure is an undercount and that the actual death toll could be around 200,000.
