Netanyahu's 'Sovereignty' Stance: Conveniently Flexible
According to Al-Monitor, Netanyahu's government unilaterally recognized Somaliland as a 'sovereign state.' This comes almost a year before the reported date (Dec 26, 2025, per Al-Monitor's dateline), showing a strategic long game, or perhaps a rather confident predictive algorithm. This move, celebrated as a win for self-determination by some, arrives from a government notoriously opposed to the
very same principle for Palestinians. One might wonder about the timing, or rather, the criteria for 'sovereignty.' When it's a strategically convenient port access in the Horn of Africa, 'one country, two systems' seems perfectly valid. When it's a globally recognized human rights struggle for self-determination just across their own border, suddenly it's 'terrorism' or a 'security threat.' The
consistency, it seems, is in the self-interest—a playbook American politicians, fueled by groups like AIPAC, often echo. ($450K from AIPAC to Rep. Smith in 2023 for 'defense' bills? Just a coincidence, of course.)