MOGADISHU, Somalia – Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre mentioned that the federal government of Somalia refused to name Hamas a “terrorist group” and didn’t heed strain.
“Hamas is a liberation group and mujahideen struggling to liberate the Palestinian land from Jews, we won’t settle for to name it a terror group,” added Barre.
“The Muslim world was divided, made enemies of one another, and compelled to name Hamas a terrorist group. We don’t say it, and we don’t settle for it,” mentioned the prime minister.
“The blood that’s spilling from our brothers and the struggling they’re being subjected to is the redemption of the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” he mentioned throughout his speech on the Nationwide Theatre.
The Somali Prime Minister mentioned the answer is to search out two states – Israel and Palestine,” We won’t compromise till we see a Palestinian authorities with Jerusalem as its capital.
Somalia is amongst many Muslim international locations, together with Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Yemen that don’t acknowledge Israel as a state.
Hamas is taken into account a “terrorist group” by the U.S. and the EU. Hamas militants attacked Israeli cities on Oct. 7, killing 1,400 folks and sending shock waves internationally.
