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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Are the Houthis Gaining the Upper Hand?</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">Vijay Prashad</div>
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<p>On November 14, 2023, a month into Israel’s genocidal attack on the
Palestinians in Gaza, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, one of the leaders of Ansar
Allah and of the government of Yemen, delivered a speech that was
broadcast on Al-Masirah television. “Our eyes are open to constant
monitoring and searching for any Israeli ship,” he <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BGV2bSHlTH3FbbNwpTS5zYcvUJnofOhx4WWKpp3oBR834dmjQSAoGararCiJ54-2FQDyR9VkGmxuUQqPOcnX73jbuHq4Iylji9xcPF-2BQsiETxChoQM_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23eGun5OeEAiV5hthyvVZMkcdO1OqCBGl39vyOxcOUW829Y7KqkHdDK7OKvgPf-2FuLWoHcpS1HkFWfXScAIypSszzLr6xAA04nTAKU28Si5HBOKvt3P3PI3t46yzAeGluK-2BPncqUnk3bgFkmXW0GsBPWSTWrDV-2BbCPLZ9vALWea9EBVzjMzNaI9GlOzxeMCpMCxNfduJs7yTbe-2ByJdMOOXl8w-3D-3D">said</a>.
“The enemy relies on camouflage in its movement in the Red Sea,
especially in Bab al-Mandab, and [does] not dare to raise Israeli flags
on its ships.” The Bab al-Mandab, the Gate of Grief, is the
14-nautical-mile wide waterway between Djibouti and Yemen. What is
interesting is that, by United Nations <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BG6cV5YDOlQyum0Nhie74EQzz9ty5wtuhy9ItHFOx7q9xK0IPKs9rn9xT7pqslguDl1emVbMYjtX8HBbPGYwDK2nnHhChhhOUJYtCV7YbC7Id8IOi1i3BuYYIACVzcjt4ReyBMOT0t-2Bz24q-2FFb2gmeu-2FI2u8d-2BIJvt7AKwNr3FaYvMc8ArJAqWR7EfWRBrpf1bvDMxHKrOarWqMRIvu2pp8-3DG7gw_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse230z16dxKPi5Hb6uPZu8pWKI-2F2CRpzjl-2B5w4fJMIsIWFf2mutMgCpYyat93mn1XYa9hxEP55I-2Ff9f2jJicvvrKTR5BESXxLI513d7Lp1qTDY3b3LevGoyQlk4aSAophZg5bzN9naYsx8ktdWGzwbRcPfwR-2Bt-2F9lxIhMPAJpImgpDeSI1DGb9eSuNI3SWUOFvpvnTEPypBm3XnriwH-2B7lLTxA-3D-3D">treaty</a>,
a country claims 12 nautical miles as its territorial limit; this means
a large part of the waters are within Yemen’s jurisdiction.</p>
<p>Five days later, Yemeni commandos flew in a helicopter over Galaxy
Leader, a cargo ship that is registered in the Bahamas and is operated
by the Japanese NYK shipping line but that is partially owned by Abraham
Ungar (one of Israel’s <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BMpEYOrXszxW-2FsNJDVopfL6TDhqlPu9-2FIB6vPRMJXbmILD01AOCxzMyD0yadn6thtpdwuGx1N5P2mVU1Fpmq7ELiAKB-2FC9PBqkO-2Buv2jEPB12fDvIQUt06g5zIGFq8zS6I-2FUEAaxW3GgoVboXoH2sZUxW7pFWaIqp0p1f05okXpwcwRELcKmHQbjTt864p-2BtiS59FX1J3ewio82YUUv9L7YWHuiE49wZQuF9aNKVRNkXwGoBXdTf0Fxg9RYJ1rOZlQ-3D-3D3tWE_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23DfBAzw9KaD-2FxRmQjPXrYmVnfvNZFNUDstIApjEFAZ7xdTpEWNhGEjPubQQSqPsSLj3FgCIrDrYn-2F1etisjlHzeZW2nL-2BbD1Hq4lD-2FsJBL1wbez7adGDkgVnDbLaT-2FZOU26l-2BS4mYeXKRTfCy3gNuRRuEkQbiCITuKbuflXejJRUPUQH7FK9DeO4wNtpsimIyfzvCzVuTBA0o0gJIvD-2FsSA-3D-3D">richest</a> men). The ship <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BB6-2FZe1kWjJVPLZVpV-2F-2BwApGtMPdRS4zU8o4O3gJRnyXYlErCCvm4-2BOnow9f4TLMllvPpnTLdwZ-2FN7rtJ7wtxYc-3DzaBL_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23IgawUVveGP4nKEKXtsf6k-2BOsEhPOkQS5LEidF7kNvjrK9BWW-2BwkwZ0LWlrcrYDlX-2B1bW1evaV6-2FXenCH0BsznWEwTME7ArmV-2BqWEhpowsMdg7Vs-2Bo-2BHmJrBle2Glisi80YhLxPBll3hcO-2BvBJlN4TOBZHmFT0Jic6d6jKrbo9UQBcSVsVLUOHI5Nvp4RlMiQKz5ejMoIrEzRwWwUv8F6ww-3D-3D">continues</a> to be held within Yemen’s territorial waters in the port of Saleef, with its 25 crew members as <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BGGbV05c-2BFVCV0duxgUJS9Qf-2FQRD4I7604U-2Be3ThBGFuhEuwYyqkPxu-2BtNUVWZ-2B3gBFpuQjc6TTd48Ay2gCdbBGyZHFIvELOrWV7KWpKiYPvzaLa_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23HgxG2pABmiOtY8582EoxrOYvJvrE-2BLAqQMMZbFm1UABajbW7j8ex-2BmmwfnirHfKEFhTzIFT7q9xQBXo-2BdqDdJ4nhhRivim-2BSHLAH45ME03TEdA0QKFMMNgCSpk2esfpZWDZiRB9movxFXrQHGwDFUUAY5Gl-2BUzn0luV9i7YQmkO5CVIlaqd1jYZ3-2BUD3IfM31rm-2BB0VcTuCZXh5sOYPZIA-3D-3D">hostages</a>
in Al-Hudaydah governorate. This assault on Galaxy Leader, and then on
several other Israeli-owned vessels, halted the traffic of goods to the
Port of Eliat, which sits at the end of the <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BNvxfvnHcyP9IA4e-2FpCFLW7j91LHNi3H7n57YFAp7lVoaBRmArPcOTWjLJR7fA3rOA-3D-3DK_2W_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23aJjzcONDKooA0IXJ0iBeHQ0Em5u5l51Y5gAIV0-2Fh5CqN5a-2Fb-2Bxdwy1W-2BOG-2FcdDYI7PJbHuhLRrgjZNTCfrMdSmVENn5IeMDwd4-2BZRKRZldqiyE4-2F3GOWUd9tamXTDlGJj-2FlV12IdkIxfEWvK7Z2gbc7xtxp5Nlif1DvnficMfo9LsGkno-2BS3lRVod123DOM04MOGEiGLe9tV2e-2BdjIj2-2Bg-3D-3D">Gulf of Aqaba</a>.
Squeezed between Egypt and Jordan, this port, which is the only
non-Mediterranean Sea access for Israel, no longer has the level of
cargo ships that it had before October 2023 and the private operator of
the port has <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BDOV-2FvQH1vZA80Vxya89MAnUh1WqhoBV2pEi2VLr0Cky0hb8T91hL9rnrKhGqqxOyIejyLtf1irl91Tl7vfBY7ToJ1KJJXpz-2BagxYdDMcTfMGeirT1TNK3hV9ZKZ-2FCAAAQ-3D-3Dhhf8_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23icagfF-2BNi08xqFhQlpUkKqOAX0XeEJsZUJZ-2BpXicwtCh22Te-2FT5w6oK13x5-2FtpFoGqjQMQK-2BBibf9H0kAaZt9SOmpljEdOOb-2BUWg26VD5WeaTfBk1rokllxoKnFZqaux320uZw7VJ59MrUFIqofZcJP2qk5bU8EP5K8SCvZ-2FuzlBXAtahBEoyyM8DIIntAY0ZKaNjUlIBlXKxkZKd4XA0Q-3D-3D">said</a> it is almost bankrupt. Over the course of the past year, the port has been hit by drone and missile strikes emanating from <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BABAqMsz-2FL3IgdzHlFpJM-2FBFG-2BzL-2BTOwRZDcn-2B2XQPpgRilBx4vdunzfENFF69ws0Q9PmlaKR7tSkZGG5Otmt6jDhiXDroKMb2H8bYLiYx4-2BrUkRKNQ7WxkuxQCXmR3m-2FOCnye39sw-2FLP57iC4vtqdwE1APVzSqrcHEX0rysk3x6iLzW_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23VpOnZH8vA6BoO-2BG-2FuOEbDl6eYFmpfSLrFsbY9mGgxr5vfruoeCmS81g0sYIchWLipQI4gAIeQ8cdhyuc7iNycUgutL0E9ewuGz4gzH5uAES-2BejsFl-2BMG6ifuwWsv7ynH0byCgVIrLu-2Fh7OkiRyntrwQi6xl7EEa8IFkPEyBf00NJflRojZlR0dPwD99lsNSTo-2FmJ0nTtvVOQIaPSyemt-2Fg-3D-3D">Bahrain</a>, <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BESiBWIZIZwhApT3GfHs8XGXFaZof-2FVQWbttSFJSfpfeFDYF9rrdNEESaMQilV2ZQHjzixBW4q8kB0dNAHcTLd5CZDcEHYgDUHAeNAzCu6xBkCJx2PMJap-2F-2FWcSX8-2BHUww-3D-3Dbc1X_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23Aiwzyt8hN7FcB6doxMVqZ9ChZ4ZB7-2FP2mdXgswEUJw6DVqws4-2B-2Fqp4iwRFve5HkqBEs927rG1oVyp0RnJ-2Bu2I4S4ABYO7kYru0hELjsJxwMN7rTkdcXfJ1sXYmVfmHe5zMc2sdz56kqPdVBRjhosjmSBTEY-2BhxBFQ0-2BOsEHq9I4FouabcnQUROVJ9H07G47d85UarCHJItjKBKsNKgrjHw-3D-3D">Iraq</a>, and <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BJuYYakb04-2Bw-2BzuHkzpdonV8NZCxOaxg5ZPHbHN4nKZ9LeR-2F0R12Iqw7OqFPe-2BZFOl-2Fesf0GTfH-2BWbAL5IAA0JQ-2BuuGnEp4uLkNVY-2Fvz27HurDL6IdjzT2KoGUMQtWFB1DohAIGr3OsJ1Ot8t2JjE2c-3DyeuI_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23OiVlGzXhTisxTxOTBBvyJv3U1CpIT9BIkZaKFayXB6Yo5XlM9tLO7EKhpazeimycnR9TMggyhNIEl49vS9NQ9b2H1-2FhVUdGZAbIvDsxOxVAsriYsRHrnUsztLIfiIvpkuVZKg1J1Up4Y6OPcS76bJTL6MRbXUX-2FKHoEMFPavTrkCV-2BwbUhm38ZQaGdvmGYEr7UePAtFGUKWjr7cOQ0R-2BSg-3D-3D">Yemen</a>.</p>
<p><strong>U.S. Strikes Are Not Working</strong></p>
<p>Yemen’s government said that it would desist from any attack if
Israel stopped its genocidal war against the Palestinians. Since the
Israeli attack continues, Yemen’s attacks have also continued. These
Yemeni attacks have provoked massive assaults on Yemen’s already fragile
infrastructure—including an Israeli <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BMeoZcAd5hpzQSd61XDedWNer1mEwDjvqMzT2ewEOOlf5pZWidUP-2FPwjHXGhWWFlGw-3D-3DNiD6_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23gTWjd6IRt7WxZl0Fi3fWtraxVv3Sp6WM6nXYWmpMlXZlr9EfI5hd1qeFjHm3NMJATzaDU6upf7eSbxZ0tkWfvUnjC-2BZYCDg57yuup-2FWqleoFXJZFa50UdvNITfjgMowpiyn0coSRf2KO3pWpxroIZ5ovHC1vqQkFN2XDOYMW9VhAOVbnGvfv2w3AtumfkaEvcl0tv1aM1V0Kg-2Fa6cRZ2yg-3D-3D">attack</a> on Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah in July and punctual missile <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BJMEMhZMkFvYD2i-2FEmOEmNMRdyAdX8soKbdoIDmTm1rf-2FVWbOXhz9ArhION7lwcBjQ-3D-3DRX_L_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23s0XYMDosALK4qngGsoNBpRhpA-2FOo9HrqIvOOEGie-2B9jb3BKy0HeEWTPsf21i840W-2FBUMFEV-2BhBbTOTs83HlxRmWmbFtE-2B8-2B3kRkNqPxcPPwGYySobdWe6A4INZSf6JpfSbjV9TyVs1OgK4Y3aKySFOPXgTZlIwbHKhJpDzoIWQbYnBbqXAtf-2F6zQNfM-2B6A1gDq1b5D7kdsne2-2BqmDp0AYw-3D-3D">attacks</a>
by the United States. When U. S. President Joe Biden was asked if the
U. S. airstrikes and missile strikes on Yemen were working, he <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BKM-2Blr8K87ARQP0vJS4nsTB2B4oUbcPgp7J9WCztsflgwkkWmFnkO567aFGvxJgsNg-3D-3De7Jb_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23Eevks5XKxRwIqzH7avKPAk-2FbYJeJjP0QgNdudczBFmiflRQPUo85wUrHY9QWBpXFEf0int0YUiZDQOMgecMCOt2JRdXMK7sZVsqS-2FOEfPbae9YITYAa7NACEEWU8-2FFNTCOl5ORjPnKSjvDmqsLS07b52H5mD2jMF2AICG3WBvskrXnOx04lxaypiIyWAOXFAZaYsUBlTh7wRKluLdK232A-3D-3D">answered</a>
bluntly: “When you say ‘working,’ are they stopping the Houthis? No.
Are they going to continue? Yes.” In other words, Yemen’s
government—erroneously called the Houthis after the Zaydi tradition of
Islam followed by a quarter of the Yemeni population—is not going to
cease its attacks on Israel just because the U.S. and the Israelis have
been hitting their country. Yemeni opposition to the Israeli genocide
exceeds the Zaydi community, the Ansar Allah movement, and the Yemeni
government. Even Tawakkol Karman, who received the Nobel Prize for Peace
in 2011 and is a critic of the Yemeni government, has been <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BJuYYakb04-2Bw-2BzuHkzpdonVzu329UOd8x1q1M4I5-2FBgcXbMXiFaW-2BqmK3O98zr1qpwDQSoECFLEZde6hk1GRMkrNm2nTUuiE7HTqvn5eDX8hxQ-2F-2B00FdsHHmWmMXczfXi42REyh9f55ROX-2FuR8gt-2FcE-3Dr69A_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse236YWxFsfbhgXGnguwag8AI3HmB0Rfu6FBd9Wuth1j-2BlwzujaCo2IbyU6ND447xxvTXCd7LGLM-2FR1kER5orI5wZpXdbQmec6-2F7qt9OQSe7zwl2Opj4Z9EOZUBmvl-2FrTnWvm87rdnLvlrdzVxJ9T96hBh7tabaGDwR7rXhtVTaeDoGOsMCabbQObZTYkdZXpcLfwvQxZ9AdlP-2FoSl3EdagYQQ-3D-3D">vocal</a> in her criticism of Israel.</p>
<p>Biden’s admission that the U.S. missile strikes will not stop Yemen
from its attacks has been accurate. Yemen faced a murderous bombardment
from Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2023, with the Saudis destroying large
parts of the infrastructure in Yemen. And yet, the Yemenis have
maintained the ability to strike Israeli targets. In October 2024, the
United States military <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BP2ATlHlGw-2BIZIXM5JM2MJw63bcwL2L7FsIOHURGTA-2F05djwX9Xh6bC9mv7Gp-2BHdnJpuXDFAxrNwIWJKkqudo2KWmEb-2FxxaRFAt9EEouBdo0B36fU3snS6CiasZb0YAz6pLRHmJ3S-2FeoBs0PeYRLhuI-3DhJxQ_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23Eb3h5aJRgy72hKEC-2BFeIldeVs9UK9ZQ9DxROiWtCRUrOKV-2BtvoZFHjXrTmlWv4QST8eQOPmce9361yySjWNTyNyWt2aCn2hbxbj1xacdCmxv310iHQxqpNPcWWFmKSAhsENiN-2FpKIPErA8ELVPo9ZpY8TZ-2FU4iCzCIgRrQnHwVyn4GN9EJxIvmZCNK11jwcjP7-2FMUxP9lHrf2DrGZmIrFg-3D-3D">deployed</a>
B-2 Spirit bombers to hit what the Pentagon called, “five underground
targets.” It was not clear if these weapons depots were destroyed, but
it does show the increasing desperation of the U.S. and Israel to stop
the Yemeni attacks. The names of the U.S. missions (Operation Prosperity
Guardian and Operation Poseidon Archer) sound impressive. They are
backed by a roster of carrier strike groups to protect Israel and to hit
Yemen as well as groups that attempt to deter Israel’s genocide. There
are at least 40,000 U.S. troops in the Middle East and at any given time
<a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BJbZGtcXNtGJryEl6MierPX4OWFTPCduZ0UPQWK6VScIkXTO1nj2YetFmfgjjOJDEJvpAguBMWtZC7uOWFP-2BkvQ3El7eLCyChs3GoetLvHucn1uu750rQq6xLs2mCPPtJfQ3aJJOT8s97auzFzjsoMM-3D335u_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23WGCy7748PBHcbegqADwnPtchBzyhGG8OaKYE0OSPBYp7dX9XzcK0MUb2H35L1nTBoTd-2BgUNVLWi67OJ7cUqxi62I2-2FOPBE4HbGe8SJR1577bC5hqyNqoFWFEqKPT9L0BJVRm7sLE4vL0f3mdgHHEv8HSaZzlqV0oGENSiuIF-2BEHTU1xLRXHA6gaXJ5EjOBEmGeOR5rvJJ00lV7VmaIko3Q-3D-3D">at least</a> one carrier strike group with aircraft carriers and destroyers. According to the <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BJbZGtcXNtGJryEl6MierPW5DIeJKeB8rHFhpR-2BAaU829TEhij6HSndMnjGd49QyCFk8AH4qqu0uqgf-2BykMVegnk1HL5sfSfGoLTHmKwZB-2BZJs1O_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23W0DKP2gp90ldtPlxDlc8fazxtBs6BHZWMzQnZWA59TaG-2FfUj1aqVf5GkAdYJ-2BE155kDWYbYMQwLSt8UePU0IkMItuayDJBhqky01YMbqU3yAHSUYJbxO-2BoANHfg58P9DiTgoQtigp5YS7LYq2Qi2Sb3ui-2FJqXcazoA-2FOsxAfeW7lSf3deZ1e22BONvxNmfbL-2BQgO-2BOZixJ0agRlz8mP7yA-3D-3D">U.S. Navy</a>,
there are two destroyers in the Mediterranean Sea (USS Bulkeley and USS
Arleigh Burke) and two in the Red Sea (USS Cole and USS Jason Dunham),
with Carrier Strike Group 8, <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BJbZGtcXNtGJryEl6MierPWXH0O5ZiCMJKArTIrXISDIu-2FozRd6NO-2FYmd3jKSZUkymC49QcyFGA-2FP94v1OVRfge0kg-2BK0ug0ZLCZGHHhI8eetqG1E1fGV5euj4tZrkU4eoevOsWr5rh2J7yaUVWnV006bblF8gDAhR2-2BXLk1KUQbZ93H_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse236DUWLjSNfq2EZUwfKx0w4LaK9qQ-2FEcki1KJ2pP1XVWMLGqSJyn4OKaBx-2Btpa5JGXkZ3XvFEy-2B65WjjjkKHPVkyaG-2FdPwIgvIsqadyHkSMMMojiULeSyRE6cKaGsuRSOwCT71nKY4AAIDeoXLo5gaAB4JPCy3hzOrJsETZe6z-2BEuj4wOGIGZ-2Fc6kCPP8l5KAWAK7k-2Fh0KHxDJZREK9NqbmA-3D-3D">anchored</a>
by the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, en route to the
Mediterranean as USS Abraham Lincoln goes off to the Pacific Ocean.
There is a considerable amount of U.S. firepower in the area around
Israel.</p>
<p><strong>A Political Solution</strong></p>
<p>Biden has not been the only person to say that the U.S. attacks on
Yemen have failed. U. S. Vice Admiral George Wikoff, who leads Operation
Prosperity Guardian, <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BP3gtxEtA9DLe05dTUWz2sefYjr2r7SNoSoI2YkdN46jX7j6N-2B7hFdAJBjGt5tdqPgRJoN7pGgip5D0NeX0YlVIlZ-2BuEYtTUYFO0AcPJQU6-2Fu5In5uj8PxK8Z1c-2BrmD8Hrf61raO87zAxrYDe8XBe2Y-3D6Zug_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23X-2Ftm4DpV7lMzn-2B8WHohtB9WEu9ysbXPbm-2FXn-2FzlkCR135lmwU6e4cSH5DK7D3hx4M1AAWHDoAzsb9ws5N-2B9-2FvrZs-2BpsBachxtzrPvJdGcmf2ZOHjU1wdGiXDKqaauPnVTa1HRZzeVZEo4TXdmlbdg7gWH6cizSrwO9tudS9OOzDkJvBsQodwh3MNWzOS7iW6SJv2uSgHP19vRdesUFKgNQ-3D-3D">addressed</a>
an audience in Washington, D.C. from his headquarters in Bahrain in
August. Wikoff said that the United States cannot “find a centralized
center of gravity” for the Yemenis, which means that it cannot apply “a
classic deterrence policy.” If the United States cannot strike fear into
the leadership of the Yemeni government, then it cannot halt the Yemeni
attacks on Israeli shipping or infrastructure. “We have certainly
degraded their capability,” Wikoff said referring to the drones and
missiles shot down by the U.S. weapons. Wikoff did not <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BBru0c8qpHL7ZDUzwT0fkANym4UATp3J-2F0JqeGgrP4C1lBFPnIdBhT9DxKgp6xDy-2BzeF2hpPgohxVP5I-2Fui0tcafANFNIXmqngewOqfR-2BuLgR3A3gdUTn9UV45iUJMfCHw-3D-3DiuUW_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23Ej5TmjYiOvHMKirxLAev-2B4aaRsoxrTld9TwJBukdaVmQ4KJtDUstsHpgZyooSXx7JCJHJEk8SaD0shYcijWytDp6Bvz-2B7mO5xfXK9QxfqcW1QhNs7dfsINOJh1Fed7sjOIZ-2BHX4uMla3YztALPuH8CD7mC4K-2FsDnltJtjrVXm0dpqh3eYBJFN8agYUc2BpwA6C7Fgnqfr7zaeOgXzjKx-2FA-3D-3D">mention</a>
that each of the Yemeni missiles and drones cost about $2,000, while
the U.S. missiles used to shoot them down cost $2 million. In the end,
the Yemenis might be the ones degrading the U.S. military (the Wall
Street Journal <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BBPg4XZLbjOToAMm4bfIRdfl5gQQFxaweXax6AlfN3B87VvivJ5Abur2X9zJy5hxS0Rg88Olk06mz9BZwJ-2FzmGLB3n3-2BAzPCzjGEsEzFYwS5pLQih7pz-2Bsd3TMDWDkXcxsFD8em1quGuevlLBIezec0-3D9qMP_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse2330ddqJpJ9UlHynaf9nQm7WfkLVcnDf1tlQdE-2FmPcXt3iZmD4HvqZ5nhOuKI5-2Bn7782BO-2Bwavj1jhm8sBWqCLDxqqY-2BWHl8F3cH7qG8IoCC2cxc4G8P2NNuSVFXiCWoxOGs4iqT9L5Tqt9-2Bf-2FbBIU1tfTJbslxthYq-2FWrfzHkxASo0g0zqPcO7WcANwEiCVZlqBcNwGAgJ-2ByPMf8FqnfNFQ-3D-3D">reported</a> in October that the U.S. is running low on air-defense missiles, and the same paper <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BHM10iQJnmZrWF3MJ43mFOTuAABEVlb6BAIOlErwQwtMuaUiq4AOFn9YzSo15qBhmBzd6yyVRKqVXxeR-2BYLV-2BSI8WSC0uPhXYkT-2BLSF2y0g9RoOU2Xb3sjS4xbrORwxTOItPqzXXVvYym9l2MwMqUHip-2Fy2imeU-2FtwbUQb6v9nyURHg3a84giK5YGbhiXndyHQ-3D-3DbGsz_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23f5dJ3fqB0-2FO8Vrhd1fneJrhDrdekDkc30fWZQRl-2FZ9A2M4Ood9mO62-2FCXGtxaqXyozORYdAXatgdSRU2Aa3TwQvZhTJfFNpIjobGZcnvlRm-2BJ0ds-2F-2B-2FP8IwggZfbEIUZ-2F6dx1meMsDLHOWzymdMV5f-2BkwdIFbKCHzV9zZzC4hmzc-2B-2Burilwin81Kr8Gn-2BGINXdKoHUXaXDxX7Vg9zc9T-2Bw-3D-3D">reported</a>in
June that the U.S. had spent $1 billion on its war on Yemen since
October 2023). Like Biden, Wikoff reflected: “Have we stopped them? No.”
In an interesting aside, Wikoff said, “The solution is not going to
come at the end of a weapon system.”</p>
<p>As far as the Yemeni government is concerned, the only solution will
come when Israel ceases its genocide. But even a ceasefire might not be
sufficient. In early November, the United Nations official Louise
Wateridge <a href="https://u36605228.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.irwnA1ZB8N-2BHNL3jUmYY-2BPVIXhhlLQKUXfxiHE5sZXLKY2wtoDaGyULtwK9mhmq2e2pVy828GqEso-2Bm-2BPhwucQ-3D-3DTIda_pb-2B40bGv8VszgSLSxZSae2hniLAOGi35ajohLqdIu8wIVCP-2FjsifAGPrnz8TzLY-2BX2OZuLDh2mD14amg7JfaF6JY28XFPdZwZK6RKg-2BQcyNh9PMGpf3dQ4-2FXw5AidIXcCNNVFOeqk7ZrBhbIcOL-2FdhYF-2BWRHLO4-2Fv1NEayQ38-2BHxqLoGHXFCT6o1kyCJh65TqkxYwnpxAPE7plgR548ho3QavZ1BWQZT6GZX74k8f3F9AyISFPetrRcXu8bHQ8PZvMWLyzvSQLYfMFvRccTiilc8MqAK5jeb4vl-2Ff1kW57NB7AEeRvgcnjHMJ5KkYDgTXS0Wef1lAbh-2FThGCpl-2BzQDaG3b-2BmjrhvEf8-2FJeP-2FXPH1XDfMhCocHHYj5fNj59lB2eEZfP66Q0FYK9FmE0nY5xjblqWBvTPM0XAD52WyzyVrGwdfYF-2FpmS9-2BMcmS8-2FFyp-2B7uEI2alIOm1dFfk62jFlHK3iOZR34vNiIQIiuzN5I1jF-2FUtmlL2kFygLSFlsLS-2B2-2BqoJxXgcSmAty9gQ-2FnjYNKUy5zqS-2Bu2-2FG0GpetOOkEZqfzv7nt-2FYNCzKMlQEk0FX36Cow1oq9tBEdKq6Ghv7jCnrIIlALj8RbMNSrwhKkqhm8zV8kwL5YSbUV-2Bse23yD4eSS3uoji4Q86x5cTdPgWrWJ1xTDMNdWhs5OkQ6oRvHqlTr0eVot3CL-2BNkI-2F3y4nEyEfXT9F8zZsyS-2FVY7jJpqmN-2Fw-2B-2FWTv3o1FMZk20GVSzDlCZu-2FQZ2UJnDKqMRYvmz-2Bx6h46Anfaq0F2yGkU-2F1X0wsGt3odN4emKqDnKdv0dh0RKyKP7VBxVmJ81g59gobOazBzcEig2LxTFHSUsg-3D-3D">posted</a>
a video on X of the desolation in northern Gaza, and then wrote, “An
entire society now a graveyard.” The ability of the Yemeni government to
cease shipping to Israel and to pin down the United States off its
coast might embolden it to continue with this if Israel continues its
illegal policies of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid. Both
Wikoff and Biden agree that the U.S. policy has not worked, and Wikoff
even said that the solution is not going to be through military force.
It will have to be political.</p>
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<em>Vijay Prashad’s most recent book (with Noam Chomsky) is
The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and the Fragility of US
Power (New Press, August 2022).</em>
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