Normalization increases cost of defeating Israel, Yemeni leader warns

Leader of Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement Abdul-Malik al-Houthi warned that normalization of ties with the Israeli regime only increases oppression against the Muslim nation and increases the costs of defeating the regime.

Speaking on Thursday evening in a televised address, he said that “what the Arab regimes are doing under the guise of normalizing relations with the Zionist regime only increases the oppression against Islamic nations.”

“In light of this blind approach by Arab and Islamic governments and regimes, the cost of the Zionist regime's defeat and collapse is rising day by day,” he added.

The remarks come amid a US push for normalization of ties between Muslim countries and the Israeli regime. The United Arab Emirates, Morocco, and Bahrain joined the so-called Abraham Accords in 2020 as Palestinians slammed the move as a “stab in their back.” 

Elsewhere in his speech, al-Houthi pointed to the expansionist schemes of the regime.

“The Israeli enemy is hardly ambiguous or mysterious, given its open statements about expansionist and aggressive aims to dominate a vast geographical expanse of the Islamic Ummah's lands,” he said.

He was referring to the so-called “Greater Israel” concept, which has resurfaced in Israeli political discourse in recent years.

In August last year, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israeli media he felt a deep connection to “this vision,” referring to Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories as well as parts of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, and described it as “a historical and spiritual mission.” 

Just last week, US ambassador to the occupied territories Mike Huckabee repeated the claims in other words.

In the interview, released on Friday, Huckabee responded to a question about a Genesis passage promising land to Abraham's descendants "from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates" by saying, "It would be fine if they took it all."

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More than a dozen regional countries and international organizations slammed the provocative statement, which demonstrated the US support for the annexation of the West Bank and attacks on other countries. 

However, al-Houthi sees no special benefit in the act of condemnation.

“What good does condemning the annexation of the West Bank to occupied territories by 14 Arab countries do for the Palestinian people?” he asked.

“Some issue statements for the Palestinian people merely to avoid reproach, while simultaneously providing financial aid to the Zionist enemy,” he lamented.

“The extent of the Zionists' hostility towards Islam is very clear and obvious,” added the Ansarullah leader.

US envoy’s remarks on Israeli West Asia expansion shows Muslim world targeted: Houthi

The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement says the latest remarks by US Ambassador to the Israeli-occupied lands Mike Huckabee on Israeli West Asia expansion show that the Muslim world is targeted, and there is no choice but confrontation.

“The crimes of the Israeli enemy are among the ugliest crimes one can imagine, just as it has committed—and continues to commit—such crimes in the Gaza Strip over the past two years,” he said, referring to the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza, which killed more than 72,000 Palestinians and destroyed large swaths of the besieged territory.

He also referred to the US-Israeli push to disarm Hezbollah in Lebanon, saying, “What this enemy is doing to the Lebanese nation and its continuous assault on Hezbollah is aimed at stripping Lebanon of all means of power and defense.”

“This enemy does not seek peace with Lebanon, contrary to what some delusional and foolish people imagine,” he added.

The comments come as the Israeli regime continues to attack Lebanon almost on a daily basis despite a ceasefire agreement that was sealed in November 2024.

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