{"id":159712,"date":"2026-11-03T14:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159712"},"modified":"2026-11-03T14:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T14:00:23","slug":"israel-deepens-somaliland-ties-with-first-ambassador-testing-horn-of-africa-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159712","title":{"rendered":"Israel deepens Somaliland ties with first ambassador, testing Horn of Africa balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostLast week, Somaliland, a breakaway region that declared independence from Somalia in 1991, welcomed its first ambassador from Israel.<br \/>\nDiplomat Michael Lotem presented his credentials in Hargeisa, while officials laid the cornerstone for an Israeli embassy. The ceremony, announced by Israel\u2019s foreign ministry on Sunday, formalised a relationship that began with mutual recognition in December.<br \/>\nSomalia, the African Union, Arab states and China strongly oppose the move, reaffirming Somaliland as&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3373170\/israel-deepens-somaliland-ties-first-ambassador-testing-horn-africa-balance\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostLast week, Somaliland, a breakaway region that declared independence from Somalia in 1991, welcomed its first ambassador from Israel. Diplomat Michael Lotem presented his&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159712"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}