News - Yemen:  In a major speech, the leader of Yemen's revolution presented a sweeping analysis of the regional conflict, framing the October 7th operation as a pivotal response to a long-standing Zionist project aimed at the complete liquidation of the Palestinian cause and the subjugation of the entire region.

Sayyed Abdulmalik Badreddin al-Houthi stated that the "Al-Aqsa Flood" battle represented a pivotal and critical turning point in the decades-long struggle of the Palestinian people.

In a speech on Thursday addressing the latest developments in Gaza, he provided a comprehensive analysis of the pre-October 7th regional trajectory, indicating that the American-Israeli path was heading towards the complete liquidation of the Palestinian cause. He clarified that "Al-Aqsa Flood" was not initiated to create a new problem but came in the context of "75 years of Zionist-Jewish criminality" targeting the Palestinian people.

He described the entire Zionist presence in Palestine as "aggression, criminality, occupation, and daily oppression, constituting usurpation and confiscation of rights." He pointed out that the enemy's goal from the beginning was to secure complete control over Palestine and then move beyond it to implement the "Greater Israel" project. He stressed that this project means total control over the region, transforming it to serve American and Zionist interests, and rendering the peoples of the nation "enslaved, submissive, stripped of dignity, and with their identity erased."

The leader strongly attacked efforts to "liquidate the Palestinian cause," which he said escalated before the Al-Aqsa Flood, highlighting the danger of involving Arab regimes in this scheme, with its most prominent manifestations being the "Deal of the Century" and attempts to change the face of the "Middle East."

He affirmed that "the title of 'normalization' was not merely a betrayal of the nation; it was a relationship with the Israeli enemy on all levels," describing agreements labeled as peace as having "a core of surrender and acquiescence to Israeli control."

Sayyed Abdulmalik considered that the normalizing Arab regimes committed, through these relations, to paving the way for "enabling the enemy to achieve comprehensive control," foremost among these commitments being "accepting the liquidation and termination of the Palestinian cause and abandoning it." 

He denounced the refusal of some Arab regimes to sever diplomatic ties with the occupation, even at the peak of its crimes, as a "great catastrophe for the reality of the nation," stating that this abandonment represents a confiscation of a people's rights and a betrayal of sanctities, noting that "the cause has religious, moral, and humanitarian considerations and is linked to the national interests of the nation."

The leader pointed to other dangerous paths pursued by the American-Israeli enemy with Western support to target the nation, most notably changing educational curricula, controlling religious discourse, linking the Arab economy [to Israel], and controlling water resources.

He warned that regimes that entered the path of normalization have moved to change official school curricula and remove verses from the Quran, distorting their concepts, with the aim of "raising a generation loyal to the Israeli enemy" and preparing generations to accept Zionist control, describing this as an "occupation of minds and hearts."

He revealed a dangerous path to "linking the Arab economy to the Zionist enemy," making it the dominant and controlling force, noting that the "Al-Aqsa Flood" battle "delayed the process of linking the Arab economy," including plans to turn the port of Haifa into a regional hub and dig an alternative canal to the Suez (the Ben-Gurion Canal).

The leader noted that the Israeli entity effectively controls the water of the Palestinian and Jordanian people and a high percentage of that of the Syrian people, and seeks to complete its control to reach the Nile and Euphrates rivers, using its control over water as "a means to humiliate, subdue, and enslave the peoples of the nation."

Sayyed Abdulmalik also addressed the path of "infiltration and corruption" in some Arab countries, warning of its consequences for the nation, and strongly criticizing the opening of doors to "corruption, erasing identity, and emptying youth of moral content," indicating that this would lead to "making them subservient to the Jews."

He also criticized the scene in the land of the Two Holy Mosques, where "lewd, debauched dancing parties" coincide with the "peak of Zionist criminality," a "image intended to become widespread in the reality of the nation." He revealed the process of naturalizing "thousands of Zionist Jews" in some Gulf countries since the very beginning of normalization, aiming to enable their influence at all levels, warning of the danger of the breach reaching a point where "Zionist companies buy land in Medina and properties in Mecca."

Sayyed Abdulmalik emphasized the path of dismantling the region's countries into "small, warring entities" under sectarian, political, and regional titles, noting that "the enemy exploits people's passion for these titles at a time when they do not engage with the major and sacred causes."

He referred to the enemy's exploitation of social media to "turn minor issues into major crises," creating a troubled reality that distracts the nation and diverts it from greater dangers, and works to "incite tribal conflicts and hasten bloodshed."

Regarding the direct motives for "Al-Aqsa Flood," the leader affirmed that the battle was necessary due to the return of Israeli aggression, noting that the enemy entity "fled from Gaza in 2005" after a divine victory but remained spiteful and continued the siege and restrictions.

He explained that before "Al-Aqsa Flood," there were enemy preparations and statements confirming its orientation towards a new, comprehensive aggression, in addition to its continued violations at Al-Aqsa Mosque and the oppression of prisoners without any horizon for resolving their issue. 

"The Palestinian people cannot ignore and forget their prisoners and leave them in the enemy's prisons under the weight of torture," he stressed.