Mighty Little Yemen

While the rest of us are marching, rallying, blocking, calling, boycotting, and organizing to demand an immediate permanent ceasefire in Gaza, mighty little Yemen is putting effective pressure on Israel to halt their genocide in Palestine. Per the map above, they are exceptionally well-positioned to do so.

World response? Find other routes or stop shipping to Israel completely. For example, BP aka British Petroleum announced this week that it was suspending shipping in the Red Sea. Within 24 hours, both ruling class parties in the UK began calling for a ceasefire.

U.S. response? Rush warships to the area for policing waters that are thousands of miles from its own shores. Also, browbeat a coalition to help. According to Democratic Party-aligned media corporation CNN, "The multinational operation includes the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain." Hmm, looks like they were not successful at enlisting that other outpost of the Anglo-American empire, Australia. 

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Israel, busy salivating over the nifty coastal settlements that are planned for an ethnically cleansed Gaza, is experiencing disrupted shipping not just in the Red Sea but throughout the globe. As I write, Israel continues bombing the border area between Gaza and Egypt after having forced Gaza's population into that small area. Unsurprisingly, they continue to kill journalists who report on their genocidal behavior.

Historians have referred to Israel as "America's unsinkable aircraft carrier" in other words a permanent military installation in oil and gas rich Western Asia. A good hint at why the Pentagon brain trust has named the campaign to thwart Yemen "Operation Prosperity Guardian" (I sure hope they're not paying their writers much for producing this dreck).

What's the context when the U.S. feels compelled to send actual aircraft carriers to defend Israel's "right" to kill 20,000 in Gaza (including 4,000 children) and destroy all health infrastructure still standing? From the If Americans Knew Israel-Palestine News:

Doctors are stepping over the bodies of dead children to treat other children who will die anyway - Day 73..  

“The Gaza Strip is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. And day after day, that brutal reality is reinforced,” today said UNICEF spokesperson James Elder

 

It's a lot more feasible to claim you stand for international shipping security than that you support genocide. Here's the latest UN attempt to pass a ceasefire resolution with only Canada, Micronesia, Nauru, and Palau joining the U.S. and Israel to vote no.

The days of imperial dominance by the U.S. and its posse are ending. Ansarallah-led Yemen was just about to sign an agreement ending years of war with powerful neighbor Saudi Arabia, one that produced scenes of destruction similar to what we're seeing in Gaza in addition to famine and epidemic disease. That's on hold for now.