Al-Qalam 
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Has the United States succeeded in its objectives against Yemen? Can we say that the Port of Eilat is still open? Can we claim that the Israelis are protected from Yemeni strikes when they themselves have announced a casualty near the U.S. embassy following a Yemeni drone attack and frequently report injuries from hypersonic missiles?
Recently, Yemeni forces have succeeded in breaching all of the West’s fortifications and the most advanced defense systems modern science has produced. Today, Tel Aviv— one of the most heavily fortified cities in the world— finds its security compromised in the face of Yemeni attacks in support of Gaza. The American deterrence system has collapsed, and now we witness a de facto air blockade imposed on Israel by Yemen. How can Israel and the United States launch any future military escalation or open a new war front when such a major vulnerability exists?
Yemen is defending Gaza and standing with the Palestinian people. If Yemen were to stop supporting Gaza, would the genocide in Gaza cease? On the contrary, such a withdrawal would only encourage the continuation of these crimes in a state of silence, with no serious objections from the world. Furthermore, it is the Palestinian people who are best positioned to evaluate the effectiveness of Yemen’s supportive operations.
The United States possesses the most powerful military in the world. Yet the question remains: Has it been able to ensure the passage of an Israeli ship or break the Yemeni blockade imposed on Israel? Has it managed to recover a single Israeli prisoner after more than a year and a half? The answer to all these questions is no — they have failed, despite their immense power.
Yemen and Gaza, which have been besieged and devastated for years, cannot be judged for their inability to achieve total victory. Rather, the U.S. and Israel should be judged for their failures.
In addition to the U.S.’s clear failure in its campaign against Yemen, they spread lies and made unsubstantiated claims. Following the explosive Signal app leaks that revealed secret U.S. military operations against Yemen, Trump claimed that he had ended the Yemeni military campaign and achieved victories, but without providing any evidence.
To this day, the U.S. continues to deploy aircraft carriers, which raises the question: If the Yemeni operations had truly been dismantled, why are those carriers still stationed there? The USS Eisenhower and others remain in the northern Red Sea, unable to move freely in the region.
Meanwhile, international ships not affiliated with Israel or the U.S. — such as European and Chinese vessels — pass freely and safely.
Today, Yemen defends human rights by preventing Israeli ships that transport weapons used to annihilate the Palestinian people. In doing so, Yemen upholds the very human rights that the U.S. has abandoned and lied about for years.
We have seen Trump’s statements about displacing the people of Gaza from their land, and how students in the U.S. are jailed for expressing their opposition to the genocide of Palestinians.
Currently, the U.S. behaves like a pirate power in the Red Sea, militarising the waters, aiding Israel in its campaign against the Palestinian people, and acting with arrogance. Yemen confronts this arrogance by imposing real sanctions on the U.S. and Israel, both of whom have failed — militarily and morally.
Zaynab Khan
Durban
