The Arab Yemen: A Challenge to the Cowards

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Dr. Fayez Abu Shamala

In an era of Arab official impotence, a time when there is a failure to take practical stances, forcing the Israelis to halt their extermination war against the people of Gaza, the Arab Yemen has stood firm with its missiles, drones, and principled positions, united with the people of Gaza in both good and bad times, fully bearing the responsibility for this fateful partnership between the land of Palestine and the land of Yemen.
The intervention of Arab Yemen, led by the Secretary-General of the Ansar Allah Party, Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, places the Arab regimes in a difficult position, tightening the noose of doubt around their stances, and presenting the big question to the Arab masses:
Why is Arab Yemen waging a war of duty and honor against the Zionists, triumphing for the oppressed Gaza, while the rest of the Arab regimes have limited themselves to issuing statements of condemnation and denunciation of the Israeli aggression without any further action?
Yemen has confirmed that it is the only Arab country that has adhered to the Arab League’s charter, which calls for collective defense if any country is under attack. Gaza is undeniably under an American-Israeli aggression, and there is no doubt about the genocide being carried out by the Zionists. So, why are the Arab regimes turning their backs on the Arab League’s charter, before turning their backs on the catastrophe of the people of Gaza and the destruction of the Palestinian cause?
Yemen’s open entry into the battle alongside the people of Gaza affirms the inclusiveness of the struggle, emphasizing that the land of Gaza is not merely an Israeli affair. The enemy’s army has no right to practice murder and displacement as it pleases with its American weapons. Yemen’s involvement in the battle is a declaration to the world that the land of Gaza is not a matter for Israel and the US to decide its fate, whether through displacement or slaughter, as President Trump might wish. Yemen’s intervention gave the war its Arab depth, as the battle is fought on Arab soil, from Gaza to Yemen, against one openly declared enemy—the American enemy, which supports the Israeli enemy with all kinds of internationally prohibited weapons.
Yemen’s involvement in the Al-Aqsa Flood battle aligns with the popular sentiment across all Arab countries, who began to look at Yemen with respect and admiration, as a bold stance that the other Arab regimes failed to reach. Yemen, with its positions, has not only embarrassed and confused the calculations of the Arab regimes but has also disrupted the Israeli plan, which seeks to isolate each front individually, including taking the people of Gaza hostage, forcing them into Israel’s grip, and cutting off all foreign media, allowing them to carry out the most heinous forms of killing, slaughter, bombing, and starvation against civilians, as though the destruction of Gaza were a divine decree, and no one has the right to intervene in Israeli internal affairs. Yemen has come to say: No, Gaza is our Arab depth, and Gaza is not an Israeli protectorate. We will not allow the Zionists to commit war crimes as their hatred dictates.
The Arab masses, who cheered for Yemen’s missiles, know that these missiles carry a strategic significance that goes beyond their political impact and direct field effect. The Arab public does not expect Yemen’s missiles to liberate all of Palestine or to destroy the capabilities of the Israeli army, nor do they expect Yemen’s missiles to kill hundreds of enemies. The American response to Yemen’s missiles may be more painful. Nevertheless, Yemen’s missiles send messages of instability to the Zionist entity, confirming that Israeli security is nonexistent as long as the aggression against Gaza continues. This Zionist entity, which is feared by the Arab regimes, is dismissed by Arab Yemen, which fires missiles at it and forces millions of Zionists to leap out of their beds in terror, rushing to shelters in their pajamas. And this is enough. Yemen’s missiles have brought fear into every enemy household, posing the big question: Until when? Until when will you live with fear? Until when will you flee from death, which will relentlessly pursue you with anxiety as long as you continue your aggression against the people of Gaza?
Yemen’s missiles confirm to the Israelis that the siege of Gaza will be met with a siege on the Israelis in the Red Sea, closing off sources of economic growth. Targeting Ben Gurion Airport in the Lod area added an economic, security, and psychological dimension. Foreign airlines, which were accustomed to landing at Ben Gurion Airport in peace, even during the fiercest wars with Arab countries, have now started reassessing their security measures. Yemen’s missiles now cover the sky of the airport, blocking Zionist lies about deceptive security, false stability, and the promised future that the Israelis have lost. They are incapable of even responding to Yemen’s missiles, as per American orders.