According to reports in Israeli and British media, Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) has held confidential discussions with officials from Israel’s Mossad, focusing on securing international political backing for the council’s long-standing objective: the secession and independence of South Yemen.
The reports claim that the STC is seeking diplomatic leverage to bolster its bid for statehood amid Yemen’s prolonged civil war and regional fragmentation. As part of the alleged discussions, the STC is said to have floated a significant diplomatic incentive — a formal commitment to normalize relations with Israel and grant official recognition if South Yemen succeeds in breaking away from the north.
If accurate, such a move would represent a dramatic geopolitical shift in the Arabian Peninsula, placing a potential future South Yemeni state in open alignment with Israel at a time when regional blocs are rapidly realigning and traditional taboos around Israel ties continue to erode.
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