Financial Times Discovers Israel Has 'Rivals', Not Just Victims
The FT's analysis highlights Israel's 'push into the Horn of Africa,' citing concerns from 'Arab and Muslim rivals.' One might wonder why a state founded on continuous displacement needs new strategic footholds. Perhaps it's not simply 'boosting economic ties' but securing maritime routes for weapons and resource extraction, a time-honored colonial playbook. Never mind the actual implications for
regional stability, or that these 'rivals' have been on the receiving end of what Israel considers 'diplomacy' for decades. This 'Horn of Africa gamble' echoes Israel's historical patterns of destabilization across the Middle East, from Lebanon to Sudan. The FT frames it as a geopolitical chess match, rather than a continuation of a state-building project that has left a trail of dispossession.
The 'tension' they speak of has been boiling for 76 years; this isn't a new development, just new geography.