07/01/2026
Israel Recognizes ?Strategic? Breakaway Somaliland Territory
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar arrived in Somaliland Tuesday for an official visit to the disputed territory, just 10 days after Israel became the first country to recognize its independence from Somalia. The trip, which Somaliland officials quickly trumpeted on X, highlights Israel?s enthusiasm about its budding ties with the breakaway state, which lies on the northern side of the Horn of Africa, roughly 160 miles from Yemen by sea. ?No one can ignore the strategic location of Somaliland,? Danny Danon, Israel?s ambassador to the United Nations, told the Wall Street Journal. ?The straits are a strategic point,? he added, referencing the territory?s position at the mouth to the Red Sea,...
