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Palestine–Somalia relations refer to foreign relations betweenSomalia andPalestine. Somalia was the second country to recognise thePalestinian declaration of independence after Algeria on the same day, 15 November 1988.[1]
Somalia under the administration ofSiad Barre had close and fraternal relations with thePalestine Liberation Organization and its ChairmanYasser Arafat. Both the PLO and Somalia supported materially and diplomatically the liberation and self-determination movements of Africa and Asia such asZANU and theAfrican National Congress. This would also cause friction with Israel as Israel would usually support the opposing force, e.g.the Rhodesian &South African apartheid regimes.
Somalia has opposed the existence and legitimacy of theState of Israel since Somalia's independence in 1960 and has supported the Palestinian cause unabated since. This has led Israel to develop a strategic relationship with Ethiopia (bothImperial andMarxist).[2][3]
In 1977, militants from thePopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijackedLufthansa Flight 181. The Somali Army counter-terrorist forces alongside GSG-9 and SAS conducted Operation Feuerzauber and rescued all 86 hostages.[4]
Somalia does not maintain an embassy in Palestine and Palestine maintains a non-resident embassy inDjibouti City.[5]
Palestine also sends development aid to Somalia via the Palestinian International Cooperation Agency (PICA).[6]
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