[News] Sayyed al-Houthi: US starving Gaza, turned Red Sea into battlefield

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Sayyed al-Houthi: US starving Gaza, turned Red Sea into battlefield
Al Mayadeen English
January 25, 2024
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The leader of the Ansar Allah movement highlights the US' direct role in
war crimes against Palestinians in his latest address.
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   - Leader of the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi
   addresses the Yemeni people and the Ummah, on January 25, 2024. *(Yemeni
   Armed Forces/Military media)*

The leader of the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement, Sayyed Abul-Malik al-Houthi,
lambasted the United States for its role in supplementing and supporting
the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, during his weekly address
to the Yemeni people and the Ummah at large on Thursday.

Sayyed al-Houthi underlined the essential role that Washington plays in
extending the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, holding the US
administration accountable for piled-up humanitarian aid
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/international-aid-orgs-sound-alarm-on--apocalyptic--situatio>
outside the Gaza Strip and the closure of the Rafah border crossing.

Moreover, the leader pointed to the ongoing US-UK-led aggression on Yemen,
which the two Western nations claim aims to secure international maritime
trade routes. Contrary to US-UK claims, Sayyed al-Houthi said that
Washington "does not care about the threat to international navigation and the
fact that it has turned the Red Sea into a battlefield
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nor about the arrival of food and medicine to the people of Gaza."

He added, "[The US] has no problem with expanding the conflict [and
increasing tensions in the region]."

*Read more: Insurance companies halt services for US, Israeli ships in Red
Sea
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/insurance-companies-halt-services-for-us--israeli-ships-in-r>*
The US insists on sieging Gaza

In fact, the Resistance leader said the US "insists on keeping Gaza under
total siege and keeping the Rafah crossing closed most of the time," adding
that Washington "insists that there be no flow of [humanitarian aid] to the
Palestinian people in Gaza."

It is worth noting that Sayyed al-Houthi's statements coincide with a
months-long effective Naval campaign launched by the Yemeni Armed Forces
(YAF), aiming at pressuring the Israeli occupation to lift its siege on the
Gaza Strip and allow humanitarian aid in. The Biden administration in
Washington has opted to support the Israeli occupation's genocidal war on
Palestinians and launched at least eight strikes on Yemen.

In this context, Sayyed al-Houthi said, "While the Americans fight for the
supplies to reach the Israelis, they prevent food and medicine from
reaching Gaza," pointing out that "[Washignton] is the one behind the
continuation of Zionist crimes and behind [the incompetence of
international organizations]."

The US "contributes directly to starving the Palestinian people, causing
them to die of hunger, not only with the bombs [it provides the Israeli
occupation forces with] to kill them."
Yemen's battle is intrinsically tied to Gaza

The leader of the Ansar Allah movement said the Yemeni Armed Forces
launched more than 200 attack drones and fifty cruise and ballistic
missiles in support of the Palestinian people.

He stressed that Yemen would continue to launch operations in support of
the Palestinian people "until food and medicine reach all residents of Gaza
and the Zionist crimes" in the Gaza Strip stop.

Sayyed al-Houthi stressed that the US' military aggression and its
insistence to reject a humanitarian deal "will not affect our position,"
stressing that the Yemeni people "will never retreat."

"Our battle is ongoing and is entirely linked to the Gaza battle."
Yemen's operations: No threat to international navigation

He also indicated that the US is attempting to "justify its aggression
against our country and its protection of Zionist crimes," under the
pretext of protecting international navigation.

In response to these claims, Sayyed al-Houthi said that since the beginning
of the Yemeni Naval campaign, "4,874 commercial ships have crossed,"
through the Red Sea, untouched, adding that the US-UK-led escalation "is
[the real] threat to international navigation
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/explosions-reported-in-red-sea--no-reports-of-injuries--ukmt>"
and has violated "the sovereignty of countries" in the region.

He went on to advise Europeans against allowing the US to exploit their
govenrments' funds for such purposes.

He explained that "no matter how much the Americans and the British
escalate," the results of this escalation will "be counterproductive
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-military-spent--1-6bn-in-me-since-october--but-lacks-budg>
and will not affect our decision and position, but we will continue to
develop our military capabilities."

"Whenever the Israelis and the Americans insist on [committing war crimes
in Gaza
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-target-gazans-in-queues-waiting-for-aid--commit-new-mass>],
we must be more resolved and determined to prevent it."

*Read more: How is Yemen protecting international law as US, 'Israel'
violate it?
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/how-is-yemen-protecting-international-law-as-us---israel--vi>*
A historic battle

The leader of the Ansar Allah movement highlighted that in the history of
the Arab struggle against the Israeli occupation, there has never been an
aggression similar to that on Gaza today, both in terms of the war's period
and the level of criminality committed.

On that note, Sayyed al-Houthi pointed out that the number of casualties in
Gaza is now calculated as a percentage of its population. "This is
unparalleled today in all conflicts around the world," he stressed.

In fact, more than 1 in 100 people in the Gaza Strip have been killed by
the Israeli occupation since October 7, while more than 1 in 20 Gazans have
either been killed, injured, or gone missing in the same period.

Despite the unprecedented level of Israeli brutality, the situation today
has differed, he added. "Thanks to the resilience and steadfastness of the
Resistance and the people of Gaza," the equation has changed. The leader
added that suffering is mutual and is not limited to Palestinians as in
previous periods in the fight against the occupation.

"Despite the scale of the Zionist aggression, crime, tyranny, and
incursion, the enemy has failed to achieve its declared goals," Sayyed
al-Houthi emphasized.
A shared global responsibility to support Gaza

Elsewhere in his address, Ansar Allah's leader reiterated that Muslims bear
a great responsibility to "support the resilience of the Palestinian people
in the face of extremely difficult conditions, severe suffering, and great
oppression."

He underlined that "if Muslims provide the necessary support to the
Palestinian people and its Resistance fighters, the equation will change
completely," pointing out that "the criminal path of the Israeli enemy
continues every day, expressing an aggressive tendency, hatred, brutality,
and moral bankruptcy."

"Whenever the enemy fails to achieve its declared goals, it resorts to
committing horrendous crimes," he added, asking, "All international
institutions are witnessing what is happening in Palestine, in Gaza, but
where is the practical stance?"

"The statements issued by international institutions do not match up to the
real situation Gaza is facing," he added.

Regarding the international public stance on the Israeli war, he emphasized
the need for the demonstrations in Western countries to continue, namely in
Europe and the United States.

However, he said that "there must be broader and escalating actions to
pressure the heinous and brutal crime against the Palestinian people to
stop."

"Mass popular movement has great importance in demanding an end to the
aggression on Gaza and ending the crime against the Palestinian people,"
Sayyed al-Houthi said, noting that "people suffering severe oppression from
their regimes can boycott American and Israeli goods."

Reaffirming Yemen's unwavering position to support Gaza, respond to Israeli
crimes, and face the occupation's supporters no matter the challenges, he
stressed that Gaza will not be left to its fate.

"Our people will not leave Gaza alone, and Yemenis will not stay at home
ignoring what is happening, but the popular mobilization will continue," he
declared, calling for "massive demonstrations on Friday in the capital
Sanaa and across other provinces."
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