Netanyahu’s recognition of Somaliland is a sinister diversion

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent recognition of Somaliland as an independent state — the first official recognition of this breakaway region — has sent shockwaves across Africa and the Arab world. While Netanyahu’s government frames it as a diplomatic breakthrough “in the spirit of the Abraham Accords,” the timing and context make that narrative dangerously misleading. Far from being a benign act of statecraft, this provocative decision cannot be understood in isolation from the catastrophe unfolding in Gaza and the broader strategy of the Israeli government.

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