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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Sayyed al-Houthi: US starving Gaza, turned Red Sea into battlefield</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">January 25, 2024<br></div>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><p>The leader of the Ansar Allah movement highlights the US' direct role in war crimes against Palestinians in his latest address.</p><img src="cid:ii_lrtkvwd70" alt="5c95bccd-704e-4252-acbd-3cdd8c68fed1.png" width="427" height="240"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
Leader of the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement Sayyed Abdul-Malik
al-Houthi addresses the Yemeni people and the Ummah, on January 25,
2024. <em>(Yemeni Armed Forces/Military media)</em>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>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 <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/international-aid-orgs-sound-alarm-on--apocalyptic--situatio">piled-up humanitarian aid</a> outside the Gaza Strip and the closure of the Rafah border crossing.</p>
<p>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 <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/yemeni-armed-forces-confront-us-warships-in-a-2-hour-battle#:~:text=Saree%20confirmed%20that%20the%20results,ships%20to%20retreat%20and%20return.%22&text=He%20added%20that%20during%20the,the%20warships%20to%20intercept%20them.%22">the fact that it has turned the Red Sea into a battlefield</a>, nor about the arrival of food and medicine to the people of Gaza."</p>
<p>He added, "[The US] has no problem with expanding the conflict [and increasing tensions in the region]."</p>
<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/insurance-companies-halt-services-for-us--israeli-ships-in-r">Insurance companies halt services for US, Israeli ships in Red Sea</a></strong></p>
<h2>The US insists on sieging Gaza</h2>
<p>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."</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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]."</p>
<p>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."</p>
<h2>Yemen's battle is intrinsically tied to Gaza</h2>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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."</p>
<p>"Our battle is ongoing and is entirely linked to the Gaza battle."</p>
<h2>Yemen's operations: No threat to international navigation</h2>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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] <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/explosions-reported-in-red-sea--no-reports-of-injuries--ukmt">threat to international navigation</a>" and has violated "the sovereignty of countries" in the region.</p>
<p>He went on to advise Europeans against allowing the US to exploit their govenrments' funds for such purposes.</p>
<p>He explained that "no matter how much the Americans and the British escalate," the results of this <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-military-spent--1-6bn-in-me-since-october--but-lacks-budg">escalation will "be counterproductive</a> and will not affect our decision and position, but we will continue to develop our military capabilities."</p>
<p>"Whenever the Israelis and the Americans insist on [<a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-target-gazans-in-queues-waiting-for-aid--commit-new-mass">committing war crimes in Gaza</a>], we must be more resolved and determined to prevent it."</p>
<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/how-is-yemen-protecting-international-law-as-us---israel--vi">How is Yemen protecting international law as US, 'Israel' violate it?</a></strong></p>
<h2>A historic battle</h2>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>"Despite the scale of the Zionist aggression, crime, tyranny, and
incursion, the enemy has failed to achieve its declared goals," Sayyed
al-Houthi emphasized.</p>
<h2>A shared global responsibility to support Gaza</h2>
<p>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."</p>
<p>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."</p>
<p>"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?"</p>
<p>"The statements issued by international institutions do not match up to the real situation Gaza is facing," he added.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>However, he said that "there must be broader and escalating actions
to pressure the heinous and brutal crime against the Palestinian people
to stop."</p>
<p>"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."</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>"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."</p>
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