Israel’s envoy to the United Nations, Danon, said that when the Somali government under Siad Barre carried out a massacre against the people of Somaliland, the international community remained silent, but Israel did not. He noted that in 1990, Israel’s ambassador to the UN at the time, Yohanan Bein, sent a letter to the UN Security Council warning about the massacre in the city of Hargeisa. Danon said that even when it was inconvenient and came at a diplomatic cost, Israel chose to act, calling this an example of moral leadership.