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"Somaliland is desperately in need of a friend in the international community that can help with the security threat from its neighbors, economic embargo imposed by Saudi Arabia, and recognition for the Republic of Somaliland. The people and the State of Israel is a suitable friend for Somaliland. It is incumbent upon the Somaliland leaders (government, opposition parties, traditional leaders and NGO’s) to work diligently in seeking to establish opportunities that would facilitate relationship with the State of Israel. The Ambassador of Israel in Ethiopia have arranged a humanitarian assistance for young Somaliland boy to have heart surgery in Israeli hospital about a year ago and the entire nation of Somaliland and its people have showed gratitude and appreciation for the gesture. The response from the people showed the positive attitude of the Somaliland people towards Israel."

The people of Somaliland are convinced that the Arab countries in the Middle East, Egypt, Djibouti, and Eritrea are committed to do everything in their power to prevent Somaliland recognition. My hope is that Israel will be open to establish friendship and provide security assistance to the people and the Republic of Somaliland. The people of Israel should know that Somaliland had not forgotten that Israel was the first nation to recognize the independence of Somaliland from British Empire on June 26, 1960. Somaliland is once again looking at Israel to lead the international community and offer friendship and security assistance to the Republic of Somaliland. The State of Israel would gain the friendship and the gratitude of the people of Somaliland for decades to come, not to mention the strategic value that Somaliland (access and control of red see) will provide to the interest of Israel. It is incumbent upon the Somaliland leaders (government & opposition parties) to work diligently in seeking recognition from the State of Israel by taking concrete steps to establishing long and lasting relationship with the people and the State of Israel. Somaliland is the Israel in the horn of Africa in terms of the challenges that are facing her today. Needless to say Somaliland needs a friend in the international community and Israel will certainly appreciate the predicament Somaliland is faced with, considering the history of the State of Israel with the same international organizations such as the United Nations and Israel will likely be more accommodating than Egypt and Saudi Arabia in helping Somaliland. The last two Somaliland administrations have both expressed the desire to establish relationship with the State of Israel, but have not done enough to follow it through with their expressed desires. At the same time it is time the Somaliland Diaspora makes contact with the people of Israel, NGO’s, and the diplomatic offices for the State of Israel and encourage them to establish official diplomatic relationship with the Republic of Somaliland."

http://www.awdalnews.com/wmview.php?ArtID=6062

will somaliland have a relationship with israel?

Arabs can no longer scare Somaliland with their Israeli bogeyman stories

"Being privy to Arab hypocrisy and their hedging tactics to sidestep their obligations, Somaliland leaders never miss to hold a mirror up to the face of the Arabs and challenge them to call a spade a spade. It was the experienced statesman Mohammed I. Egal who challenged the Arabs to practice what they preached. In his first interview with the pan-Arab Al Jazeera satellite television, Egal reminded his interviewer that it was the Arabs and not Somaliland that had relations with Israel. He tacitly pointed out that Arabs should not throw stones when they lived in glass houses.

Many years after Egal's interview and at a time when the Arab psyche was undergoing a testing time and a Tsunami political change was lashing at Arab capitals it was unfortunate to see Al Jazeera posing the same question to democratically elected President Dahir Riyale Kahin of Somaliland in an interview aired this week. Kahin was swift to return the accusation where it was due. " There are many Arab countries", he said, "which have excellent relations with Israel why should Somaliland be different?" Though he made it clear that Somaliland had yet to establish diplomatic relations with Israel, he scoffed at the Arab mentality of using the name of Israel as a bogeyman to scare off other Muslim countries while they themselves have direct and indirect ties with the Jewish state. "When our interests dictate us to establish ties with Israel we will do it," he said. President Kahin wondered why the Arabs were worried about Somaliland's relations with anyone else when they had taken an undeclared collective position to thwart Somaliland's quest for nationhood."

http://www.awdalnews.com/wmview.php?ArtID=5363

Subject: Liberty: Somaliland: Letter: From Pres Mohamed I. Egal to PM Rabin

Text of the letter sent by fax to former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin by President of the Republic of Somaliland Mohamed Ibrahim Egal.


Republic of Somaliland
The Presidency
Our Ref: SLR/PO/ISPMI/7/95
Your Ref: .......................

3 July 1995
Hargeisa

His Excellency The Prime Minister
of Israel Mr Yitshak Rabin
Hakirya, Fax No. 972 2 513 950
Jerusalem, Israel.

Your Excellency

Establishing Strategic Partnership with the State of Israel

In my capacity as the President of the Republic of Somaliland, an admirer
of the state of Israel and the courage of its people, please accept my
compliments and my people's profound felicitations to you, your Government,
President and the people of Israel for their tenacity, strength and
resourcefulness which had finally constrained its adversaries to make peace
with the State of Israel. I have the honour of representing the people of
Somaliland and its nascent state in this opportunity for seeking to
establish amiable and strategic links with the State of Israel.

It is important to note that our two nations have had strong links since
time immemorial. Indicative of such historical links, stretching well
before the advent of Islam to this date, is the influence of the Hebrew
culture in Somaliland and how Jewish legends and their mystical powers are
widely acknowledged and homage paid to them. In addition, the people of
Somaliland are appreciative as they have an indelible memory of the fact
that Israel was among the first three countries who recognised Somaliland
after it declared its independence from Britain on 26th June 1960, alas,
that independence lasted no more than four days as Somaliland entered into
a voluntary union with the UN Trust Territory of Somalia on 1st July 1960,
in the hope of creating Greater Somalia.

Exactly, thirty five years later, the dreams of Greater Somalia are
discredited and disavowed. It was under the union with Somalia that
Somaliland found itself a pathetic captive within a ruthless, destructive
and hostile state. Indeed, it was this union whose culmination was the
tyrannous and repressive regime of the late Siyad Barre which brought
about the enormous suffering, starvation and destruction in which the
world had witnessed and came to notice, too well, during the past five
years or so. The people of Somaliland have renounced such a union in May
1991 and reclaimed their independent sovereign entity, and nothing will
make them reverse the decision to extricate themselves from the captivity
of Somalia.

The vice-president and the Foreign Minister of Somaliland have, recently,
paid an official visit to Eritrea and while there met H.E. Ariel Kerem,
the Ambassador of Israel in Eritrea, who furnished them with valuable
advice and suggested that I, the President of Somaliland, should write to
your Excellency, as the Prime Minister of Israel, in person, informing you
about Somaliland's eagerness to establish an ex parte relationship based
on strategic partnership with the State of Israel and sharing with you
about my government's concerns and fears vis-a-vis the alarming menace
emanating from the expansion of Islamic influence in our strategic region.

As I am sure you are aware, at the height of the cold war Somalia's
strategic geographical location was acknowledged by both sides
(East/West). Today, however, although the West had won the cold war and
the threat of communism appears to be vanishing in many parts of the
world, we, in the Horn of Africa, are being threatened by a more sinister
and pernicious enemy in the form of encroaching Islamic influence. It
would be true to say that the State of Israel and its people are, perhaps,
more aware and alert of such threats than most other countries, and know
how perilous and pestilential the spread of Islamic influence would mean
for the entire region.

The political upheavals which have been taking place in the Horn of Africa
and the lack of stability in the region could be aggravated further if the
influence of Islamic Fundamentalism is not curtailed or contained very
soon. Somaliland's concern is reinforced by the growing influence of the
Saudis and the pro-Islamic Yemen, particularly ever since it had crushed
and defeated the South Yemeni's courageous attempt to forsake or renounce
its union with the north. Discovering that Eritrea is not interested [in]
to act as an Arab satellite, both Sana' and Riyadh, as well as Khartoum
(not to mention how pariah states like Iran and Libya are meddling into
the internal affairs of my country), are now directing their efforts to
force Somaliland to forfeit or withdraw its independence with the
intention of installing a pro-Islamic Somali state (under a federal
Somalia). This will most definitely render the control of both the north
and southern coasts of the Red Sea to pro-Islamic regimes, with the
exception of Eritrea and the miniature state of Djibouti which has no
significance leaving the whole region to become a bed-rock for Islamic
influence.

Your Excellency, my government firmly believes that owing to this region's
strategic geopolitical importance as a result of its propinquity to the
oil routes and the narrow Babul-Mendeb entrance, as well as its proximity
to the Gulf, the Middle East and the access to the Indian Ocean, it will
be highly deleterious if such a strategic region falls almost entirely
under the dominion of pro-Islamic regimes. Needless to say that this
should be a portentous eventuality which will in turn adversely affect the
national security of the State of Israel, and that of other countries in
the Horn of Africa who are trying to recover from years, if not decades,
of both man-made and natural disasters i.e. civil wars, military coups,
draughts and famines, etc. In addition, since countries in the region are
not politically stable the encroachment of Islamic influence will most
certainly have a destabilising effect. For instance, in Ethiopia with its
various nationalities and particularly with its large Muslim population,
the expansion of pro-Islamists in the region would act as a tinder-box
with the potential to enflame the entire region.

Although the people of Somaliland are over 98% Muslims, they are,
nevertheless, averse to adopt an antiquated Islamic Sharia Law as their
way of living and governance. In contrast my government intends to make
Somaliland a beacon of democracy and oasis for stability in this region of
upheavals and turmoil. But this is unlikely to happen in the present
climate, as we are ranged against by strong and powerful Islamic proxies
whose primary aim is to put out such an illume of hope. A foretaste of
what will happen if dark forces of Islamists will succeed in their pursuit
of bringing in a passé or an out-moded system, could be seen in Mogadishu
today, where a de facto administration from a coalition of Islamic proxies
and minority tribal groups headed by not so long ago UN/International
fugitive warlord General Aideed, where Islamic surrogates have been
infringing people's human rights with impunity; people are being stoned to
death for committing no crime other than fornication; and limbs are being
chopped off for petty crimes such as mugging and burglary in a barbaric
inhuman and uncivilised manner. My government has, in lieu of imposing
Sharia Law on our people, just completed the draft of a new secular
Constitution which is very liberal and mundane, for I am conscious that
Sharia Law does not reflect the needs of my people who are aspiring to
become a modern society.

Pro-Islamists are hell bent on spreading their influence & version of
Islam in the region, and are exploiting the plight of the people of
Somaliland. Islamists are the kind of people inspired by a boundless hate
who could even exculpate and excuse the crimes of the Holocaust. They have
scant regard of the dire needs of the Somali people. All they are
interested in is to have their way and are pouring arms and funds to
set-up a pro-Islamic regime in our country and establish more Islamic
proxies throughout the region. Their modus operandi is to take advantage
of people's predicament and impose unsuitable Islamic regimes upon and
unsuspecting people. Somalila nd is doing all it can to be a bulwark
against the spread of Islamic fundamentalism and sees this as an
international issue, thus would appreciate it if your Excellency would use
your good offices & enormous influence in the West, particularly in the
US, to alert them about the portentous/ominous situation developing in
this region, so that they would not remain hapless on-lookers while their
national/international interests are being threatened. I am absolutely
certain that those Arab countries noted above, as well as Iran, will
whip-up Islamic/Arab passion against Somaliland establishing amiable &
strategic partnership with the State of Israel and thus could use this as
a pretext to exacerbate our situation further both inside and outside
Somaliland. However, those countries need to know that my government is
not playing with empty emotions, as they often do, but playing pragmatism
and real politick for the best interest of its people and country. The
people of Somaliland have a daunting and onerous task to overcome their
Islamist adversaries and contain the encroachment of Islamic influence,
considering their strength, however, we are like David facing Goliath, but
then there were an overwhelming odds against Israel when it defeated Arabs
in three major wars. In order to surmount such an onerous task my
government needs the support and assistance of the State of Israel, not
only to defend our nascent state from the menace of pro-Islamist dark
forces, but also in terms of relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction of
this devastated country. In this regard my government has a number of
priority areas where your Excellency's assistance is pivotal to the people
of Somaliland, among these are: First, military equipment and counter
insurgency experts. Second, conducting plebiscite on the issue of
independence at the end of next year 1996 or early 1997. Third, relief and
rehabilitation aid as well as development advisers, petroleum and mineral
exploitation expertise. The people of Somaliland have full confidence in
their government and are absolutely behind me in this historic decision of
establishing strategic partnership with the state of Israel and I am
determined to see it come into fruition.

Shalom,
I have the honour to remain,
Your Obedient Servant

Mohamed Ibrahim Egal
President
Republic of Somaliland

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i would prefer relation's with israel then ethiopia

when was the last time yahuud did anything to somali ppl
on the other hand the xabaashi have been our mortal enemy from da
cradle and will be to the grave .

so musicman iska sare guska xaarbaashi from ur mouth and azz b4 u
talk

musa issaqson

wadani, you can write a letter to uhut olmert the israeli prime minister and sign your letter like ibrahim egal, am your servant dog.
Shalom,
I have the honour to remain,
Your Obedient Servant
see if i care. the israelis will still refuse you, who wants qaldaan stoned from jaat? foking qaldaan hypocrites.

Musika man what is your point ? you better of doing business with a isreali then a arab this is strickly bussines nothing personal maddafocka teeda kale your a bloody shanshi your irrelevant in somali politics go make us some xalwad

Somali's are going down further and further into the Abyss of irreversible Lunacy.

If this is true, then i certainly hope Somaliland gets recognition very fast so the shame and demise falls on them, there is nothing more humiliating as a Somalian but to have Isreali Bases constructed on it's Sacred Land, the Zionists are the enemies of Islam, there is nothing political about this

[quote="smooth"]Somali's are going down further and further into the Abyss of irreversible Lunacy.

If this is true, then i certainly hope Somaliland gets recognition very fast so the shame and demise falls on them, there is nothing more humiliating as a Somalian but to have Isreali Bases constructed on it's Sacred Land, the Zionists are the enemies of Islam, there is nothing political about this[/quote]

^^^

i was talking about one side of my hand, and you showed up, the other side. foking both, you and them are hypocrites. you supported indhocadde and aweis cause they were habargedir, you have no islamic values whatsoever. big cussing mouth. will you support islamic courts minus ayr leaders?
crazy, i dont give a foking damn if you have relations with the devil, that is your qaldaan problem, but i got a problem when some isaks here act like superior morals. am sick of lamagodley hypocrism. if you ain't high on jaat, u will get my rythum. this is for biko, and he ran away.

Musika you still didn't make any valid points what so ever all you unleash is frustration envy jalousy are you sexually frustrated or what focking useless qaniis shanshi becarefull with the word qaldaan say it in real life ill brake your midget legs now carry on and make me some xalwad.

Guys,

a simple question, who stole it from the prime ministers office? If no one did and it exist, it certainly must be available for the public in Isreal or accounts of it published in reputable media. So, why hasn't any one been able to tell us how this letter was obtained, this letter i believe was first circulated by the defeated federalist somalilanders and has been since a tool for other enemies of Somaliland since.

Egal is facing his lord today, what is contained in that letter is neocon-like islamophobia and anti-islamism, it does not differentiate the extremist deviants like the wahhabis, from mainstream sunna and shia. Its just pure hate, can a muslim man write this, no matter how much he may be against the extremist elements that has ibeen propagated from the Najd region of the arabian pensisula and which has infiltrated our lands and many other muslim lands? I think not.

WTF is your concern over Somalilands internal affairs.

We ahve Ethiopia the traditional enemy of somalis ocuoying the former capital and you worry over Isreal?

Speaking of jews i heard Barre Hiraale has now received 300 men of the Isreali Army.

[quote="guryasame"]Guys,

a simple question, who stole it from the prime ministers office? If no one did and it exist, it certainly must be available for the public in Isreal or accounts of it published in reputable media. So, why hasn't any one been able to tell us how this letter was obtained, this letter i believe was first circulated by the defeated federalist somalilanders and has been since a tool for other enemies of Somaliland since.

Egal is facing his lord today, what is contained in that letter is neocon-like islamophobia and anti-islamism, it does not differentiate the extremist deviants like the wahhabis, from mainstream sunna and shia. Its just pure hate, can a muslim man write this, no matter how much he may be against the extremist elements that has ibeen propagated from the Najd region of the arabian pensisula and which has infiltrated our lands and many other muslim lands? I think not.[/quote]

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yo qaldaan boi see what gurey and crazy wrote, not a big deal with israel relations if it advances somaliland recognition. but they hide similar policies towards ethiopia, the somaliland president and parliament speaker went and paid pilgrimage to zenawe in adisaba and confirmed they support zenawe's invassion of somalia, for what? recognition. qaldaans always had weak conscious, all they care about is jaat and their tribe. tell your fellow qaldaans not to act like moral guardians. if you live in a glasshouse........

[quote="Crazysomali"]Musika you still didn't make any valid points what so ever all you unleash is frustration envy jalousy are you sexually frustrated or what focking useless qaniis shanshi becarefull with the word qaldaan say it in real life ill brake your midget legs now carry on and make me some xalwad.

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how can i be sexually frustrated when i got the best looking, smartest somali girl besides me? yeah, she is habar awal, isak. i call her family qaldaans, and they know they are qaldaans, what is your beef with the word?

" Somaliland is the Israel in the horn of Africa in terms of the challenges that are facing her today."
dudes, dont hang me, hang the qaldaan who wrote this piece. do you really consider isaks to be the jews in the horn of africa? are isaks the new flasha jews?

WTF is your problem'''




Viva Yerts yisreal.

every once 2 have relations with israel why not israel is a super power in the middel east

the arabs have deals with the israeli


if i was president of somaliland i would do good busniss with Israel