Israel's recognition of Somaliland exposes the UN's double standard

Soldiers of the Somaliland Army in the capital, Hargeisa. Photo: Wikipedia

Recognition did not conjure a new political reality. Somaliland has governed itself since 1991. It has maintained internal order, held elections, enforced the rule of law, and delivered basic services without international trusteeship or peacekeeping forces. Israel did not create Somaliland’s statehood; it acknowledged a durable fact that much of the international community has preferred to sidestep.

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Inside Trump's divided inner circle on Israel and the Middle East

US President Donald Trump, with Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance behind him. Photo: AP

As Israel heads toward addressing the dramatic challenges facing it in the Middle East, chief among them Iran, it is accompanied by a highly supportive US administration that is nonetheless internally divided. At the same time, senior officials in Washington believe there is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to launch positive moves that could pull the entire region in a better direction.

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Netanyahu's real Republican problem is not Trump

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Yedioth Ahronoth pool, AP, Reuters

It is not Donald Trump whom Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be most concerned about, but rather James Fishback, a Republican candidate for governor of Florida. Netanyahu, the architect of Israel’s alliance with the Republican Party, should use his conversation with the president to address the need to curb a trend that ultimately threatens US support for Israel.

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Israel, improve your image

Protesters hold a Palestinian flag and the initials of the anti-Israeli BDS movement in a rally in Berlin, GermanyEPA

Military victory matters more than anything else. It is better that they hate us and we continue to exist than that they compose beautiful speeches to be read over our gravestones. But after positive attitudes toward Israel dropped dramatically in 2025, the time has come to make image rehabilitation a central national goal.

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Remembering Sheldon Adelson