Overview
- Speaking at a Monday night AIPAC dinner in Taipei, Lai praised Israel’s resilience as a template for strengthening Taiwan’s defenses, with his office releasing the remarks on Tuesday.
- He invoked the David-versus-Goliath story and argued that peace through strength is the way to confront authoritarian coercion.
- Lai said Taiwan’s new multi-layered T‑Dome air-defense plan draws inspiration from Israel’s Iron Dome and President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” concept.
- He urged deeper Taiwan–U.S.–Israel cooperation, saying such coordination could advance regional peace, stability, and prosperity.
- Taipei highlighted its informal ties with Israel as Lai courts conservative U.S. media, and Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said he is not worried President Trump will abandon the island.