Sheikh Ahmad Qabalan issued a comment on the current events in Somaliland, warning against complacency and stressing that “Arabs have not been killed by anything like sleep.” In a statement, he explained that the region is going through a very critical regional stage, and that the ongoing events in the separatist Somaliland represent a “divisive disaster” that equals in its future impact the Balfour Declaration and the Sykes-Picot Agreement combined.
Qabalan appealed to the Lebanese state, the Gulf states, and other Arab countries to take a strategic initiative to prevent the establishment of a “new Israel” there, warning that failure to use force will lead to the Arabs losing what remains of their existence. He pointed out that the experience of Judaizing Palestine is evident, and that its effects outweigh the impact of one hundred thousand nuclear bombs, noting that what is happening in Somaliland falls within the same context within the “Tel Aviv game,” which he described as destructive.
He also considered that the consequences of this game will affect the Gulf region and the Arabian Peninsula, threatening its oil wealth and its ability to survive, as happened in Palestine. He stressed that what is happening in Somaliland is a “purely American game” that takes Tel Aviv as a cover, while Washington, he said, seeks to “plant a new Israel” with the aim of bringing about a comprehensive change in the entire region.
He warned that the Arabs’ inaction will make them just a name, and their countries just a form, calling on Lebanese officials to realize the seriousness of this stage, describing what is happening as a “Zionist cancer and an existential disaster.” He also stressed that American negotiations and promises are nothing but deception for existential treachery, calling for remembering that Israel, in his opinion, is hostile to land, history, geography, and heritage, and is based only on killing and occupation, stressing the need to adhere to the position that protects Lebanon, its existence, its sovereignty, and its independence.
