Israel just recognized Somaliland, and everyone else is telling them to get bent. The European Union publicly shot down Israel's move to treat Somaliland as its own country, siding with Somalia's claim over the breakaway region. This EU statement puts the bloc next to a bunch of other groups like the African Union and the Arab League, which also said no way. Israel, under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, made its deal with Somaliland's leader Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, framing it as part of the Abraham Accords spirit. The reaction from pretty much everyone else was instant and negative.
Somalia's government in Mogadishu, led by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, called the recognition illegal and an attack on their sovereignty. A...