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Lapid attacks emerging Iran agreement and accuses Netanyahu government of repeated failures
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Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on October 13, 2025 in Jerusalem. [Photo by Evelyn Hockstein – Pool/Getty Images]
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid sharply criticised the emerging agreement between the United States and Iran, describing it as “a disaster” and accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of failing across multiple regional conflicts.
Speaking at a press conference in the Knesset in Jerusalem, Lapid said: “The agreement reached with Iran is a disaster. The political management of the entire event was extremely poor, and everything that should not have happened has happened.”
He added that, from Israel’s perspective, the most serious issue was that “this agreement was written in our absence from the negotiating table.”
Lapid’s comments followed reports by Axios citing US officials who said Washington and Tehran were close to an agreement that could include reopening the Strait of Hormuz, allowing Iran to resume oil exports and restarting negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
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US President Donald Trump had earlier announced that negotiations on most terms of a possible agreement had been completed and that details would soon be revealed.
According to reports, Pakistan has been mediating between Washington and Tehran following the conflict that began on 28 February with US and Israeli attacks on Iran before a temporary ceasefire was reached in April. a
Lapid also launched a broader attack on Netanyahu’s leadership, saying: “Time and again, Netanyahu’s government sets goals and fails to achieve them. It failed in the war on Gaza, in Lebanon, and in Iran.”
He described Netanyahu as “a talented man, but old and exhausted,” adding that the prime minister is surrounded by people “not qualified to run a country.”
Lapid argued that the failures belonged to the government rather than the state itself, saying: “It wasn’t the State of Israel that failed in Iran, Lebanon and Gaza; it was the government.”
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Articles about Israeli recognition of Somaliland
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A number of articles from Middle East Monitor. They state that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recognised Somaliland without appropriate authority and that it is part of a deal the intention of which is to forcibly remove Palestinians to Somaliland.
Israeli prime minister under fire over recognition of Somaliland, Gaza talks with Trump
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Israeli opposition and Yesh Atid party leader, Yair Lapid, speaks to the press during a party meeting in Jerusalem, on 5 February, 2024 [Amir Levy/Getty Images]
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid lashed out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday over Israel’s recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland and his talks with US President Donald Trump without a clear plan for Gaza, Anadolu reports.
Netanyahu announced Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as an independent state on Friday, a move Lapid said did not receive approval from either the government or the security cabinet.
“Israel announced it was the first country in the world to recognize Somaliland as a sovereign state,” Lapid said in a meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, as cited in a video published by the Knesset Channel.
“This was not a decision of the government or the security cabinet. It was a decision of the prime minister’s office,” he added.
Lapid said several countries, including states in the region, condemned the recognition, adding that the Israeli move reflected the absence of a coherent foreign policy.
Israel became the world’s first country to recognize Somaliland as a sovereign state, drawing condemnation from Türkiye, a close ally of Somalia, and countries in Africa and the Middle East, among others.
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Global backlash grows over Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, with many countries condemning the move as a violation of international law and a threat to regional stability.
Somaliland, which has lacked official recognition since declaring independence from Somalia in 1991, operates as a de facto independent administrative, political, and security entity, with the central government struggling to assert control over the region and its leadership unable to secure international recognition of independence.
Lapid also criticized Netanyahu for travelling to meet Trump on Monday night without presenting an Israeli vision for Gaza.
“When an Israeli prime minister meets a US president, we wish him success,” he said. “But Netanyahu is arriving without a clear vision for Gaza. When you don’t have a vision, others decide for you.”
Lapid said that if Israel does not present a plan for Gaza, other actors, including the US and Hamas, will shape the outcome.
Netanyahu arrived in Florida late Sunday for a visit expected to last five days. The trip began with a preparatory meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to the public broadcaster KAN.
Netanyahu is scheduled to meet Trump on Monday night to discuss several issues, including Iran and the Gaza ceasefire agreement, with talks expected to focus on moving to a second phase of the deal.
The second phase includes forming a temporary technocratic committee to administer Gaza, reconstruction efforts, the creation of a peace council, the establishment of an international force, additional Israeli military withdrawals, and Hamas’ disarmament.
The ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10, halting two years of Israeli war that has killed over 71,200 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured more than 171,200 others since October 2023.
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Somalia’s president says Somaliland agreed to resettle Palestinians, host Israeli base for recognition
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Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud makes a speech at the parliament in Mogadishu, Somalia on December 28, 2025. [Presidency of Somalia – Anadolu Agency]
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the breakaway region of Somaliland has agreed to resettle Palestinians and host an Israeli military base in return for recognition by Israel, citing intelligence reports.
Tel Aviv’s recognition of Somaliland was “very unexpected and strange,” Mohamud told the Qatari news network Al Jazeera in an exclusive interview, adding that it came “out of nowhere” as Israel became the first since 1991 to recognize the region as an independent state.
Somaliland, which declared independence from Somalia in 1991, has operated as a de facto self-governing region without international recognition, as the central government in Mogadishu has failed to reassert control.
Mogadishu rejects Somaliland’s independence claim, considers the region part of Somalia, and views any direct engagement with it as a violation of the country’s sovereignty.
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“We’ve been trying to reunite the country in a peaceful manner,” Mohamud said.
He said Somaliland also accepted joining the Abraham Accords, signed in 2020 between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco to normalize their relations.
Israel is seeking to control strategically important waterways such as the Red Sea, the Gulf, and the Gulf of Aden, and its recognition of Somaliland merely normalizes an existing covert presence there, the Somali president said, citing intelligence reports.
He said Israel is not in the region for peace and seeks to forcibly displace Palestinians to Somalia.
Global backlash is growing over Tel Aviv’s recognition of Somaliland, with many countries condemning the move as a violation of international law and a threat to regional stability.
On Monday, countries at the UN Security Council raised concerns at an emergency meeting that the move appears aimed at relocating Palestinians from Gaza.
Nearly all council members condemned Israel’s recognition, while the US abstained from condemnation, saying its stance on the breakaway region, however, had not changed.
Malaysian premier slams Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, links it with ‘forced transfer of Palestinians’
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim makes a speech during Turkiye-Malaysia Business Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on February 11, 2025. [Utku Uçrak – Anadolu Agency]
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday rejected Israel’s recognition of the breakaway Somali territory of Somaliland, while linking the move with the alleged “forced transfer of Palestinians”, Anadolu agency reported.
“Such actions violate international law and humanitarian principles, and would only perpetuate injustice rather than contribute to peace,” he said during a news conference, according to the Malaysian daily The New Straits Times.
Anwar said that any attempt to use the territory “for the forced transfer of Palestinians is totally and wholly unacceptable.”
The remarks come as the Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday rejected Israeli plans to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza, including to Somaliland, following Tel Aviv’s recognition of the breakaway region.
Anwar, while noting the recent discussions held in Florida for the next phase of the peace process, warned that any return to large-scale violence would exact an “intolerable cost” on civilians and further weaken fragile prospects for peace.
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“Israel must be held accountable for its actions and obligations under international law,” he added.
Israel became the world’s first country to recognize Somaliland as a sovereign state on Friday.
Global backlash grew over Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, with many countries condemning the move as a violation of international law and a threat to regional stability.
On Friday, Somalia reiterated its absolute and non-negotiable commitment to its sovereignty, national unity, and territorial integrity following Israel’s recognition of Somaliland.
Somaliland, which has lacked official recognition since declaring independence from Somalia in 1991, operates as a de facto independent administrative, political, and security entity, with the central government struggling to assert control over the region and its leadership unable to secure international recognition of independence.
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Tag: Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid

Lapid attacks emerging Iran agreement and accuses Netanyahu government of repeated failures

Articles about Israeli recognition of Somaliland

Israeli prime minister under fire over recognition of Somaliland, Gaza talks with Trump

Somalia’s president says Somaliland agreed to resettle Palestinians, host Israeli base for recognition

Malaysian premier slams Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, links it with ‘forced transfer of Palestinians’