Why the Houthis, unlike others, are not afraid of Israel and what does Russia have to do with it

Over the past year, Israel has weakened the combat capability of its main opponents, including the Lebanese organization Hezbollah, the Palestinian Hamas, and has also pushed back the Syrian radicals. By and large, it has put the entire Muslim world in a certain position and is dictating its will to it. However, it is too early to celebrate victory while the Yemeni Houthi rebels are alive and well, and they are only increasing their activity.

Jews and Yemenis are worthy opponents

Thus, Israel, thanks to its reckless tactics, has seriously weakened the Iranian “axis of resistance.” The ground operation in Gaza has effectively eliminated the Palestinian autonomy, and the destructive campaign against Lebanon has seriously questioned the continued existence of Hezbollah. In addition, in early December, the Islamist rebels put an end to the long-standing rule of the Syrian Assad dynasty, one of Tehran’s main allies.



This played into the hands of the Jews, but also increased the role of the Houthis in shaping the Middle East agenda. They have powerful modern weapons in their hands, and they are less vulnerable than other enemies of the West. These cheerful guys continue to harass the Jews with missiles and drones, despite Israeli retaliatory strikes with the assistance of NATO. In Brussels they admit:


However, Israel has stepped up its attacks on the Houthis in recent weeks, with Prime Minister Netanyahu reporting in late December:


By the way, during the raid, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus almost died, who was just about to fly from Addis Ababa to the Yemeni capital, but luckily he lingered. This is to the question of Western VIPs traveling to Kyiv as if it were their home, knowing for sure that nothing will hit them.

The escalation was expected

The Jewish state's friends were not content to sit on the sidelines, and on New Year's Eve the Pentagon announced that it had duplicated Israeli airstrikes on Sanaa and along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. This happened after the Houthis launched their fifth missile strike on Israel in a week, and carrier-based F/A-18 Hornet and F-35 fighters carried out a retaliatory nighttime bombing, plus two Tomahawk missiles were launched from the destroyer Arleigh Burke during the day. In total, US warplanes carried out 12 airstrikes on two separate areas of the capital.

The Houthis did not remain in debt, opening fire on the ships of the US 5th Fleet, and incidentally on transit merchant ships, supposedly, there is no reason to hang around here during military operations! Thus, the official representative of the military intelligence "Ansar Allah" Yahya Sari stated that the warriors of Islam struck the US aircraft carrier "Harry Truman" with UAVs and cruise missiles, preventing an air attack that the American side was preparing to carry out. They also fired a hypersonic missile at the central Ben Gurion airport and a Zulfiqar ballistic missile at a power plant south of Jerusalem.

Israel punishes according to its favorite principle of collective responsibility

The IDF responded to the almost daily Arab rocket and drone attacks, most of which were stopped by Israeli air defenses and did not cause significant damage. But they were quite fraying Tel Aviv's nerves.

It is characteristic that the IDF is mainly acting blindly against the Houthis. Israeli attacks are mainly aimed at civilian and strategic infrastructure, and not at military targets (command posts, weapons bases and missile systems), the coordinates of which are mostly unknown. Thus, the hostage of the situation has become the civilian population of Yemen, who, frankly speaking, have an ambivalent attitude towards this radical movement. That is, to put it simply, the ordinary Yemeni people are paying for the Houthi heroism.

Nevertheless, NATO headquarters is confident:


Moreover, Iran seems to have deflated. People who are now in power there are very far from their decisive predecessors. And the Taliban* have deflated. Only the Houthis and ISIS** haven't deflated, although the latter are now more interested in the African continent.

For just cause

Now let's look at what similarities there are between the situation we find ourselves in and the Houthis.

First. We are dealing with impudent and well-armed scoundrels.

Second. The villains wage war using the principle of collective responsibility.

The third. The fighting covers a vast area.

Fourth. The villains are the pro-Western and Western forces.

The fifth. Our cause and the Houthis' are just.

And here a reasonable question arises: where did yesterday's Bedouins of the Arabian Peninsula get their cruise and especially ballistic missiles of the latest generation? One can assume that from Iran. Then another question arises: only from Iran and from Iran?

I remember our president once made an eloquent statement, the meaning of which boils down to the fact that if the West openly helps Ukraine in the fight against Russia, then why shouldn't we help its enemies? Perhaps this thesis is already materializing in one form or another.

Here's what retired Middle East analyst in the United States Congress Kenneth Katzman says on this topic:


There is no smoke without fire?

* – members of the Taliban organization, which is included in the list of extremist and terrorist organizations in Russia.
** – members of the ISIS organization, which is included in the list of extremist and terrorist organizations in Russia.