{"id":4647,"date":"2025-12-29T08:35:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T08:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/how-will-israels-recognition-of-somaliland-impact-the-middle-east\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T08:35:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T08:35:23","slug":"how-will-israels-recognition-of-somaliland-impact-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/how-will-israels-recognition-of-somaliland-impact-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"How will Israel\u2019s recognition of Somaliland impact the Middle East?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A diplomatic breakthrough after more than 30 years of international isolation, following its break-up from Somalia.<\/p>\n<p>But Israel\u2019s recognition of Somaliland as an independent state is drawing widespread condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>Somaliland is strategically located near the Bab al Mandeb, through which a third of the world\u2019s shipping crosses into the Red sea.<\/p>\n<p>That makes it vital for maritime security and intelligence operations in a volatile region.<\/p>\n<p>Will more countries follow Israel and recognise Somaliland?<\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Adrian Finighan<\/p>\n<p>Guests: Adam Matan, Independent Horn of Africa Consultant.<\/p>\n<p>Alon Pinkas, Former Ambassador and Consul General of Israel in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Xavier Abu Eid, Political Scientist specialising in Palestine and Israel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A diplomatic breakthrough after more than 30 years of international isolation, following its break-up from Somalia. But Israel\u2019s recognition of Somaliland as an independent state is drawing widespread condemnation. Somaliland is strategically located near the Bab al Mandeb, through which a third of the world\u2019s shipping crosses into the Red sea. That makes it vital &#8230; <a title=\"How will Israel\u2019s recognition of Somaliland impact the Middle East?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/how-will-israels-recognition-of-somaliland-impact-the-middle-east\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How will Israel\u2019s recognition of Somaliland impact the Middle East?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}