"On March 20, #Houthi political bureau member Mohammed al-Bukhaiti told Russian state media the group was weighing all options, including blocking the Bab el-Mandeb to ships from "aggressor countries."

He said any closure would target only vessels from states attacking Iran, #Lebanon, #Palestine, or #Iraq.

The Wall Street Journal reported on March 21 that Saudi officials are working to keep the Houthis out of the fight. The #US and #Israel are also trying to avoid provoking them, a U.S. official said.

Maysaa Shujaa al-Deen, a researcher at the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies, said the signal to act may not have come because Iran does not yet need it.

Given Iran's proximity to the conflict, a Houthi intervention may be seen as a card held in reserve -- to be played only if fighting escalates into a full-scale ground war or a total blockade of Iranian interests.

POTENTIAL IMPACT

#Iran is already restricting traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital energy corridor, pushing up oil and gas prices.

The Bab el-Mandeb Strait connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and is a key chokepoint for shipping between the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean. If the Houthis were to block it, global energy supplies could face a double disruption."
https://english.news.cn/20260327/010b60d1c0f541b98bebb3dc6dd25ecb/c.html
#analysis #MENA

This morning, during our verification call with Diyaa (@DiaaMahmoud097), we heard some shocking news about his brother.

This is the reality of Palestinians facing genocide at the hands of Israel in Gaza.

Please help Diyaa, who needs an operation on his leg (and had to skip his appointment two days ago as he has to take care of his extended family of nine).

https://vimeo.com/1177299701

#GazaVerified #Diyaa #verification #interviews #Gaza #Palestine #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #StopIsrael #FreePalestine

In every successive Israeli attack on #Palestinian communities, the pattern has been the same: Israel accuses the #Palestinians of using human shields, international organizations, and human rights groups investigate, and the investigations reveal that the party systematically using human shields is not #Palestine, but rather #Israel.

Indeed, the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has documented the repeated use by Israel of human shields at least since 1967. Investigations by both Amnesty International and #HumanRights Watch into Israel’s “Operation Cast Lead” attacks in Gaza found evidence that Israel used human shields (including children) but found no evidence that Palestinian groups did so.

Similarly, successive #UN Commissions of Inquiry that investigated the massive #Israeli attacks on #Gaza in 2008-2009 and in 2014 looked into Israel’s claims and found no evidence of Palestinians using human shields. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child found “the continuous use (by Israel) of Palestinian children as human shields” from 2010 to 2013. The UN’s Special Rapporteur on terrorism reported the same finding.
#IsraelWarCrimes #warcrimes #zioNaZis #IsraelTerroristState
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/09/every-accusation-a-confession-israel-and-the-double-lie-of-human-shields/

An Israeli soldier disclosed in a Haaretz op-ed that the military's practice of using human shields in Gaza is far more common than acknowledged and that a recent investigation was intended to create the false impression that such incidents are infrequent.

“In #Gaza, human shields are used at least six times a day. If the Military Police want to do their job seriously, they should open at least 2,190 investigations,” the soldier stated.

The soldiers refer to #Palestinians forced to clear homes in this way as “Shawish” or “slaves.”
https://thecradle.co/articles/we-are-holding-slaves-israeli-soldier-reveals-systematic-use-of-palestinian-human-shields-in-gaza

#HumanRights #warcrimes #IsraelWarCrimes #IsraelTerroristState #idf_babykillers #idf #humanShields #Palestine

via @EndIsraeliApartheid

Report: Israel is systematically torturing Palestinians on a scale “that suggests collective vengeance & destructive intent."

Since Oct 7, "Palestinians in custody “have been subjected to exceptionally ruthless physical & psychological abuse.”

"Brutal beatings, sexual violence, rape, lethal mistreatment, starvation & systematic deprivation of the most basic human conditions."

~Francesca Albanese, Mar 20 report

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/albanese-urges-icc-arrest-warrants-israeli-ministers-palestinian-torture

#USPol #EUPol #Palestine #israeliTorture .

🗨️ This is the same defense minister who readily approved #weapons for Israel to commit genocide in #gaza - Keep this in mind for future legal proceedings! He must not get away with it, he is a #war criminal!

-- #deutschland #ihl #genocide #icc #palestine

📢 "German Defense Minister #BorisPistorius: To make it crystal clear, this war is a catastrophe for the world's economies"

#news #iran #waroniran #westernasia #waronpalestine #wraonlebanon

📰 Al Mayadeen MAR-26

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-not-our-war---germany-calls-out-war-on-iran-as-economic--ca