by Julia Conley | Dec 31, 2025 | Gaza, Israel, News, Palestine, Somalia, Somaliland, UN, UN Security Council
At an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Monday regarding Israel’s recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland, 14 of 15 member states joined Somalia’s permanent representative to the UN in condemning what the ambassador called an “act of aggression” — and at least one denounced the Trump administration’s defense of Israel’s move. The emergency summit was called…
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by Amy Goodman | Dec 30, 2025 | Benjamin Netanyahu, ceasefire, Donald Trump, Gaza, Hamas, Interview, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Somaliland
We speak to journalists Gideon Levy and Rami Khouri about President Trump’s meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, where Trump supported Israel’s threats to launch new attacks on Iran and warned Hamas to disarm during the second stage of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement. Khouri, a Palestinian American journalist, called the meeting a “continuation of the American…
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by Stephen Prager | Dec 27, 2025 | Gaza, Israel, News, Palestine, Somalia, Somaliland, Yemen
Israel became the first nation to recognize Somaliland as a sovereign state on Friday, a move that was met with criticism from international observers who questioned its continued unwillingness to recognize a Palestinian state. Somaliland, a breakaway region in the north of Somalia that is home to more than 6 million people, declared independence in 1991, but until now…
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