Secessionist Pantomime: Israel Recognises Somaliland

MiG monument in Hargeisa commemorating Somaliland’s breakaway from the rest of Somalia in 1991. Photograph Source: joepyrek – CC BY-SA 2.0

For a country so upset about recognition being afforded peoples under their thumb and control, the Israelis have decided to get into the state recognition business with festive aplomb.  Africa’s Somaliland presented itself as a suitable candidate, an entity that remains part of Somalia but has asserted its own autonomy since 1991.

Israel’s recognition...