Hamas condemns Israel-Somaliland recognition Hamas strongly condemned the mutual recognition between the breakaway region of Somaliland and Israel. The Palestinian movement criticised Somaliland for setting a dangerous precedent in an attempt to gain “false legitimacy” from what it described as an occupying, war-criminal state. It also rejected Israeli plans to forcibly displace Palestinians, including proposals to use Somaliland as a destination for people from Gaza, and praised Arab and Islamic countries that condemned the move. Hamas added that Israel’s decision to recognise the sovereignty of the breakaway region in East Africa reflects “the deep international isolation of the Israeli regime, resulting from the acts of genocide it has committed against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.”