Overview
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahu, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi signed a declaration for full diplomatic ties with plans to open embassies.
- A group of 21 mostly Muslim countries warned of severe consequences for security across the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea.
- Somalia called the move a deliberate attack on its sovereignty as the African Union and the Arab League rejected any challenge to Somalia’s territorial integrity, with Turkey, Egypt and Djibouti also condemning it.
- President Donald Trump said the United States will not recognize Somaliland despite Israel’s decision.
- Somalia’s al‑Shabab vowed to fight the move, while reporting and expert commentary linked Israel’s step to Somaliland’s strategic position near Red Sea shipping lanes and the Yemen theater.