Hersi Ali Haji Hassan tells Al Jazeera that Hargeisa had ‘no choice’ but to seek recognition from Tel Aviv after 34 years of isolation.
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A senior official from Somaliland’s governing party has fiercely defended the breakaway region’s decision to normalise relations with Israel, dismissing widespread condemnation from the Arab and Muslim world as hypocritical.
In a heated interview with Al Jazeera Mubasher on Wednesday, Hersi Ali Haji Hassan, chairman of the ruling Waddani party, argued that Somaliland was forced to look to Israel for legitimacy after being ignored by the international community for decades.
