TheAltWorld Journalist in Yemen: ‘Our People Are Honored to Stand for Palestine’
- Rania Khalek
- Saturday 20 Jan 24
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After carrying out US strikes on Yemen this week in retaliation for its solidarity with Palestine, the Biden administration announced that it is once again designating Yemen’s Ansar Allah (also called the Houthis) as a “terrorist” organization. The impacts of Ansar Allah’s embargo of all ships destined for Israel are far-reaching.
The embargo has financially impacted 20% of global trade and revenues at Israel’s key Eliat port has fallen by 80%. Despite the US attacks, Ansar Allah has vowed not to stop until Israel ends the genocide and lifts the siege on Gaza.
Yousef Mawry, a journalist and a political analyst based in Yemen, discusses how eight years of US-backed, Saudi-led war on Yemen has solidified support for the Ansar Allah movement among the Yemeni people.
“The Yemeni people believe that it is a moral and humanitarian obligation to stand with the people of Palestine and ultimately end the genocide.”
Rania Khalek
Rania Khalek is a Middle East-based journalist for Breakthrough News. . Her journalism has appeared at The Grayzone, Jacobin, The Nation, The Intercept, FAIR, Vice, The Electronic Intifada, Al Jazeera and more. .
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