Colonization

Israel’s recognition highlights Somaliland’s entrapment in the world’s colonial past - analysis

The lack of willingness of countries to recognize Somaliland is solely due to the legacy of colonialism and how colonial decisions transformed into international law.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Somalis react after Israel became the first country to formally recognise the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, in Mogadishu, Somalia, December 27, 2025
Police officers surround a pro-Israel supporter during a protest in London in July 2025.

Third Worldism: When anti-colonial dreams became Western self-loathing - opinion

Third Worldism was not, at its root, a movement of the Third World. It was a dream of the West, a mirror into which it peered and glimpsed both its sins and its fantasies of redemption.

|BySAMUEL J. HYDE
FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron: Paris claims that any suggestion that its plans to recognize a Palestinian state explain a rise in antisemitic violence is ‘erroneous’ and ‘abject,’ the writer notes.

France’s dismal colonial history puts it in no position to lecture Israel over Gaza - opinion

Even today, France clings doggedly to its overseas possessions, such as its Pacific Islands territory of New Caledonia. It has employed a variety of measures to ensure its hold over these islands.

|ByMARTIN SHERMAN
British Prime Minister Kier Starmer holds a roundtable meeting at Number 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, March 31, 2025.

Britain’s colonial hypocrisy: The UK’s double standards on Israel and self-determination - opinion

The sight of a former empire clinging to its last colonial outposts while condemning the Jewish state is not only ironic – it is indefensible.

|ByMICHAEL FREUND

Turkey's regional ambitions can only be stopped by building a Kurdish nation - opinion

Fast forward to today: Turkey’s entire political spectrum – from the far Left to the far Right is united around the idea of territorial expansion into Iraq, Syria, and beyond. 

MAY 11, 2025ByMEM HUSEDIN
TURKEY’S PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Antalya, Turkey, last month. Turkey’s expansionist policies in Syria and Iraq are now on the radar of nearly everyone following Middle Eastern geopolitics, the writer states, May, 2025.

Trump: 'I'm bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes'

Columbus Day is celebrated annually on the second Monday of October.

APRIL 27, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
'First Landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World' painting by Dióscoro Puebla (1862).

Before Trump and Gaza: A look at the first US attempt at annexing parts of the Holy Land

Long before US President Donald Trump proposed placing Gaza under American control, US Christians had already established colonies in Jaffa and Jerusalem.

MARCH 1, 2025ByGIL ZOHAR
An image of the American Colony in Jerusalem, founded by Christians from the United States.

The West is colonizing the Palestinian cause - opinion

The West has sabotaged Palestinian lives and injected the belief that Israel is to blame.

FEBRUARY 27, 2025ByGOL KALEV
Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags in protest against US President Donald Trump’s plan to resettle Palestinians from Gaza. The tidal wave of Palestinization that has engulfed the West represents the greatest threat to the decades-old Palestinian quest to be viewed as a nation, the writer says.

Chinese scientists find 410-million-year-old miniature plant revealing early land colonization

At just 45 millimeters tall, Zosterophyllum is one of the smallest known plants from its epoch, offering clues to plant survival strategies in harsh ancient environments.

JANUARY 20, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Chinese scientists find 410-million-year-old miniature plant revealing early land colonization.