<article data-history-node-id="433196" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/protests-erupt-somaliland-after-israeli-recognition-expressing" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/protests-erupt-somaliland-after-israeli-recognition-expressing" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Protests erupt in Somaliland after Israeli recognition, expressing solidarity with Palestine</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Protests erupted in the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland on Sunday following Israel's announcement that it would formally recognise the territory as an independent state.</p> <p>Videos posted on social media showed protesters taking to the streets of Boroma, a town about 50km west of Somaliland's regional capital Hargeisa, where they chanted slogans&nbsp;against Israel&nbsp;and waved&nbsp;Palestinian flags.</p> <p>"Free, Free Palestine," the large group of protesters could be heard chanting as onlookers cheered them on.</p> <p>"We don't want separatists," others chanted.</p> <p>Israel on Friday became the first country to formally recognise the self-declared republic as sovereign state, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying Israel would seek immediate cooperation with Somaliland in the fields of agriculture, health, technology and the economy.</p> <p>It was not immediately clear why Israel made the declaration or whether it was expecting something in return.</p> <p>Earlier this year, news reports had said that Israel and the US had approached Somaliland, among others, about accepting Palestinians from Gaza as part of US President Donald Trump's plan at the time to forcibly resettle the territory's population.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/protests-erupt-somaliland-after-israel-recognition">Protests erupt in breakaway region of Somaliland after Israeli recognition</a></h3> <div alt="Protesters rally in Boroma, about 50km west of Somaliland’s capital, Hargeisa, on 28 December 2025 following Israel’s recognition of the breakaway region (Social media)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="013aeead-0082-431b-97e3-13692ae20611" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/somalia-boroma-protest-solidarity-palestine-screengrab.jpg.png" width="1400" height="788" alt="Protesters rally in Boroma, about 50km west of Somaliland’s capital, Hargeisa, on 28 December 2025 following Israel’s recognition of the breakaway region (Social media)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="432988" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/belgium-joins-south-africas-case-against-israel-international-court" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/belgium-joins-south-africas-case-against-israel-international-court" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Belgium joins South Africa's case against Israel at International Court of Justice</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Belgium submitted a formal request on Tuesday to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to join South Africa's lawsuit against Israel.&nbsp;</p> <p>In a statement, the&nbsp;Netherlands-based court said that Belgium is focusing its intervention on the interpretation of the concept of "genocidal intent" set out in Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.</p> <p>The&nbsp;ICJ, which is the highest judicial body of the United Nations, said that Belgium had formally filed a declaration of intervention in the proceedings, based on Article 63 of the court's statute.</p> <p>South Africa filed a lawsuit against Israel in December 2023,&nbsp;accusing it of violating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in its actions against Palestinians in Gaza.</p> <p>Countries including Turkey, Brazil, Colombia, Ireland, Mexico and Spain&nbsp;have joined this lawsuit.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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