Somalia has asked the United Nations Security Council to convene an emergency discussion over Israel’s decision to recognize Somaliland, with the session expected to take place on Monday. Somalia, which is set to assume the Security Council presidency in January, submitted the request on Saturday, one day after Israel announced the move.
The recognition has triggered sharp reactions from armed groups operating in the region. Al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based terrorist organization affiliated with Al-Qaeda, declared it would oppose any Israeli involvement in Somaliland following the announcement. “We will not accept it, and we will fight against it,” the group said in a statement. Al-Shabaab claimed the decision proved Israel “has decided to expand into parts of the Somali territories” in order to support what it described as “the apostate administration in the northwest regions.”
On Sunday, the leader of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, also issued a warning directed at Israel. In a statement, he said that any Israeli presence on Somali territory would be treated as a legitimate military target. “We will not agree to violations of Somalia’s sovereignty or to a security threat against us and against the Horn of Africa region in general,” al-Houthi said.
Israel announced on Friday that it had formally recognized Somaliland, a territory that broke away from Somalia in 1991. Since declaring independence, Somaliland has maintained effective self-rule and relative stability, but it has failed to gain international recognition from any other country until now.
The Houthis have previously launched missile and drone attacks toward Israel since the outbreak of the war in Gaza. Those strikes stopped after a US-brokered ceasefire took effect in October, though the latest statements suggest renewed tensions following Israel’s move regarding Somaliland.
{Matzav.com}
The more the Zionist government fight Chareidim, the more countries threatening the Zionists government.
I though there were no more neviem who can tell us why things happen anymore but I go on Matzav and see that they exist in abundance
You don’t need nevi’im about something that’s clearly all over Tenach.
They threatened way before this.
I’m genuinely baffled as to why Medinat Yisrael entered into this whole shebang regarding Somaliland, a country no one had even heard of until the mainstream media decided it should make the news.
I live in Eretz Yisrael and can testify that Medinat Yisrael has bigger fish to fry.
Can someone please explain what is REALLY going on here?
It is in a strategic location, why not support a more moderate government, etc. There is logic to the move, worry not.
There’s good reason for it. Look on the map and you’ll understand what smart move Israel did.
Thanks to both FYI and Actually. I appreciate you taking my question seriously.
Talks went on secretly for months and it is specifically to give Israel a friend geographically close to Yemen. Put your thinking cap on about long arial raids and refueling. It is also a spit in the face to all the hypocritical nations of the UN that recognized the non-existent state of Palestine.
Thanks, that was a helpful insight.