sentences:  China is one of the few countries in the world to concurrently maintain warm relations with both Israel and the Muslim world at large, and is important in Israel's foreign policy due to its global influence which integrates with Israel's pragmatic economic management, political stability, as well as its regional strategic importance in the Middle East.During the 2000s, the foreign ministry warned that the increasing influence of the EU would further isolate Israel in global affairs.In the wake of a series of diplomatic rifts with Turkey and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in 2011, Israel had increasingly unfriendly relations with those countries for a few years before things improved.