Somalia condemns Israel's recognition of Somaliland as 'naked invasion'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : The UN Security Council is expected to discuss Israel's recognition of Somaliland on Monday.
74% : Netanyahu on Friday announced that Israel had established full diplomatic relations with Somaliland, describing the move as being in the spirit of the United States-brokered Abraham Accords, which normalised ties between Israel and several Arab countries.
57% : The announcement made Israel the first UN member state to formally recognise the self-declared state, which has sought international acceptance for more than three decades without success.
51% : Eritrea separately called on China to take action at the UN Security Council, drawing parallels to the Taiwan issue.
47% : It directed the government to take up the matter with the United Nations, African Union, Arab League and other regional bodies.
46% : Israel's move to recognise Somaliland came during a more than two-year genocidal war in Gaza, in which more than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed.
44% : "I am encouraging the Somali people to be calm and to defend the unity and the independence of our country, which is facing this naked invasion," he said. Lawmakers unanimously passed a resolution declaring Israel's recognition as "null and void" although the measure is largely symbolic given that Somalia has not controlled Somaliland since it declared independence in 1991, which Somalia has never accepted.
43% : Somali Prime Minister Hamza Barre told Al Jazeera Arabic that Israel was "searching for a foothold in the Horn of Africa" and called on it to recognise and accept a Palestinian state.
41% : Somalia's president has condemned Israel's recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland as a "naked invasion", warning that the move threatens to ignite separatist movements elsewhere.
36% : A joint statement issued on Saturday by 21 Arab and African countries and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation condemned the recognition as a grave violation of international law and the UN Charter.
34% : Israel is currently being investigated by the International Court of Justice over allegations of genocide, and Netanyahu is the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court on accusations of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
30% : Addressing an emergency joint session of parliament on Sunday, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has committed the "greatest abuse" of Somalia's sovereignty in the nation's history and referred to Israel as an "enemy".

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