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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

I hope you will also take a look at what is, or perhaps is just claimed to be, happening in Cyprus these days. I've read there is some indication of a similar sort of interest there as well, and one with longstanding roots, as well.

Motaz Ibrahim's avatar

Thank you for the detailed history and geopolitical lesson Shaun.. seems it triggered many zionists though, they are coming out of the woodwork. Stay strong brother and don't waste your time on them.

Bushaar Mohamoud's avatar

When speaking about the rights of the Palestinian people, it is important not to overlook the fact that the people of Somaliland have the right to become an independent state, and that recognition by Israel should not be used to suppress their will.

It is impossible to speak of justice while violating the rights of millions of Somalilanders.

Somaliland is a state founded on the will of its people and on independence, and it has a legitimate right to be recognized, regardless of which government initiates that recognition.

Therefore, your argument is weak, as it seeks to erase the rights of the people of Somaliland

Shaun King's avatar

I am too busy to offer this a full rebuttal right now, but if you don’t understand why and how Israel is behind this, then we can’t even begin. Why do you think Israel is the only nation supporting this? Let’s start there.

Bushaar Mohamoud's avatar

It seems that you do not have the necessary information about Somaliland and its people. Somaliland has clearly stated that its relationship with Israel has no impact on Gaza, and it has categorically rejected any proposal to relocate Gazans to Somaliland. These claims are nothing more than propaganda created by those who oppose Somaliland’s statehood.

Overall, Israel maintains diplomatic relations with more than one hundred countries around the world, and Somaliland’s recognition would be no different from any of these relationships. Therefore, there is no logical or factual basis to link Somaliland’s recognition to the Palestinian question. In the near future, I hope the truth will become clearer, and this propaganda will lose its momentum.

Thank you, bro.

Shaun King's avatar

I know a great deal about Somaliland and its people. And if they think it has NOTHING to do with Gaza, then we can't continue this conversation.

Clearly you won't answer my country on why Israel, and only Israel, loves this land so much.

Do you live there now? Are you from there?

Bushaar Mohamoud's avatar

Yeah, I’m a Somalilander, and I know the culture of the people. They will never, ever accept the relocation of Gazans into Somaliland, and the government has clearly stated its position. So, bro, I know you have good intentions, but you have to read the story from Somaliland’s side.

Thank you.

Shaun King's avatar

I have. And with nothing but love, dear brother, I tell you that your partnership with Israel is pure evil

Lisa's avatar

Explaining that a malevolent colonialist has malicious motivations, and pernicious long-term machinations, is not the same as "seeking to erase the rights of the people of Somaliland."

More importantly, comparing people who have chosen to secede from Somalia, to people who have been savagely & genocidally annexed by a terrorist-colony of European white-supremacists, is wholly invalid. Your comparison is beyond inaccurate; it is malign, in its inherent denial of the plight of Palestinians.

You don't get to ride Palestinians' victimhood, to "me-too" independent statehood. Especially while you're buying recognition from the terrorist-colony of Israel, by becoming an active participant in the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

Your attempt to exploit Palestinians from every conceivable angle, all at once, is perverse. Hasbara-level perverse.

That attempt — to build your "independence" on Palestine's destruction, while subjugating your "independent state" to Palestine's destroyers — fully contaminates whatever cause you think you once had.

Shaun King's avatar

Spot on Lisa

Carlye Hooten's avatar

Shaun, I'm sorry in advance bc I'm geographically impaired, but I've been looking at a variety of maps for the better part of an hour, and I can't make sense of the whole idea. Israel wants to take some part of the historical British Somaliland? There's no point that I can see where the two nations come anywhere near each other. What am I missing? How many hundreds of miles are there bt the closest points? I'm feeling extremely stupid and that's not a something I'm really used to 🤔😳 Can someone help me work it out?

Adriana IGV's avatar

I’m not exactly a religious person, but this is evil spreading.

philip thorne's avatar

The document that you said was unearthed wasn't buried at all and it's not the only record, there are others. That said, great work as always.

NonZionistWorld's avatar

This won't be allowed, Somalia will stop this, believe me, Israel will not succeed.

Rena Carney's avatar

Wowwwwwwww. Another level of insidiousness 😱

Rena Carney's avatar

The new asshole colonizers. They learned from the best in the west. And then perfected the EVIL

B xareed's avatar

Somaliland’s claim to international recognition based on the former British Protectorate colony has effectively collapsed. In 2023, the Sool and Sanaag regions—constituting over 45% of the Protectorate’s landmass—rejected Somaliland, and after a year of bloody battle with Somaliland’s rag tag army, rejoined Somalia, breaking the territorial continuity required for recognition.

Simultaneously, Awdal remains in persistent rebellion, with civic unrest and daily civilian killings further undermining internal legitimacy.

These developments reduce Somaliland from a coherent territorial entity to a de facto “Isaaq” single-clan project, lacking inclusive consent and effective control.

Under international norms, recognition requires unity, legitimacy, and stable governance—conditions Somaliland no longer meets.

Sorry, I don't think getting recognition from israel will either help

Bonnie Everett's avatar

Hi there want to say how wonderful job information been I put my subscription on hold

The content has been given me PTSD.

That's why! I'm not on Facebook and my Instagram I only share

Stories I try not to go on my feed

PTSD mental health is not fun to have. Maybe can research how to handle your PTSD with what is going on.

Happy New Year

Thank you for understanding

Lori Ellen's avatar

Israel has every right to recognize any country it wants. Mind your business

Shaun King's avatar

Are you Israeli? You support the genocide?

Lisa's avatar

Israel has every right to stfu and LISTEN to what humanity thinks of it.

Also:

Israel has every right to stop calling its genocidally-racist, terrorist-colony — of European & Euro-American rapists, sadists, and unfathomably bloodthirsty criminals — a “state.”

Israel, and Israelis, have every right to surrender every asset they possess, to Palestinians — in Palestine, and all over the world — in partial compensation for the damages Israel has inflicted on Palestinians, over the course of 77 years of its slow-moving genocidal annexation of Palestine, and 2+ years of feral, ongoing, unbridled psychopathy.

Israel has every right to relocate to The Hague.

Avail yourself of those rights.

And fyi:

TRUTH IS Shaun’s business.