SANA'A February 13. 2024 (Saba) -
Speech by Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Badruddin Al-Houthi On the Anniversary of the Martyr President Saleh Ali Al-Sammad
Tuesday, 3 Sha’ban 1445 AH (13 February 2024 AD)
I seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan, the outcast.
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.Praise is to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. I believe that there is no god but Allah, the Sovereign and the Manifest Truth, and that Muhammad, our master, is His servant, Messenger, and Last Prophet.
O Allah, confer Your salat and blessings upon Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad as You conferred Your salat and blessings upon Ibrahim and the Family of Ibrahim. You are Owner of Praise, Owner of Glory! And be pleased with Muhammad's good companions and all Your righteous servants and mujahidin.
Brothers and sisters, peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Allah (Glory be to Him) says in the Holy Quran, {‘Among the believers are men who have proven true to what they pledged to Allah. Some of them have fulfilled their pledge with their lives, others are waiting [their turn]. They have never changed [their commitment] in the least’}[Al-Ahzab 33:23]. Allah, the Most High, the Almighty, speaks the truth.
In this path, the Martyr President Saleh Ali Al-Sammad (May Allah shower him in mercy) passed away, becoming a blessed martyr, victorious with the promised reward from Allah (the Almighty) for the righteous martyrs. The title of truthfulness with Allah (Glory be to Him), through sincerity to Him, firmness in the right position, and offering oneself, wealth, effort, energy, and capabilities in the cause of Allah until attaining martyrdom, embodies what the blessed verse contained in terms of being truthful with Allah, the Almighty.
The Martyr President Al-Sammad (May Allah shower him in mercy) is an exemplary model as a faithful and jihad-performing man – {‘Among the believers are men who have proven true to what they pledged to Allah’} – who acted based on his faith-grounded identity and affiliation. He progressed in his religious journey with awareness, insight, effectiveness, practical spirit, and tangible contribution. Moreover, he was a model as a man of responsibility in his practical performance from the standpoint of the responsibility he held as a president. He remained steadfast in his faith-based principles and motives, jihadist spirit, and sacred objectives, without changing. Therefore, he is truly a source of pride for the Yemeni people in the eyes of many peoples of our Ummah, which suffer from a real bankruptcy in terms of presidents, kings, and leaders. They also suffer terrible injustice that they do not have presidents, kings, or leaders who possess faith-based spirit, who act based on religious principles, who possess the refined qualifications to fulfill their responsibilities, and who are worthy of their people.
In the position of the responsibility he held, the Martyr Al-Sammad (May Allah shower him in mercy) embodied the faith-based identity of his people and acted based on this principle: belonging to his people and Ummah. He combined political awareness, cultural and intellectual background, and social consciousness in his social spirit, extensive social relationship, and jihadist, faith-based spirit. He possessed noble ethics, good interpersonal skills, and a good relationship with people, treating them with respect and humility (He was also known for profound humility).
In addition, he was diligent and serious in his work and in fulfilling his responsibilities. He worked day and night and exerted effort in the fields of work where he moved with tangible and clear seriousness. In the midst of his jihadist and practical path, he bore his responsibility as a president in extremely challenging circumstances: Aggression against our country was at its peak and with its ferocity that we witnessed during that period. [The coalition] indiscriminately shelled our people's heads with thousands of tons of bombs and missiles in cities and villages, invaded the country from all directions, besieged the country, destroyed the entire economic infrastructure, and targeted the country with all forms of attacks. Al-Sammad came in the midst of extremely difficult circumstances.
Why did the enemies, led by the Americans who played a fundamental role in the crime of targeting the Martyr Al-Sammad, target the Martyr Al-Sammad (May Allah shower him in mercy)?
Firstly, this can be attributed to their concern over his active role and the impact he had among his people, as well as his high credibility, respect, popularity, and influence within the frame of his responsibility in confronting the aggression. His contribution in maintaining the internal front, confronting the aggression, and mobilizing the energies, potentials, and capabilities of the country's people at both the official and popular levels to confront the aggression and the tremendous danger it posed to our country. The aggression coalition sought to invade and occupy the entire country, confiscate the freedom and independence and seize everything belonging to our dear people. That aggression represented a grave danger to our dear people. The Martyr Al-Sammad played an active and influential role and had a clear contribution to this rightful direction: mobilizing energies, capabilities, and potentials at both the official and popular levels and fulfilling the important priority of confronting the aggression, as well as diligently working day and night to maintain the stability and cohesion of the internal front in the country. This was a cause of concern for the enemies, and thus, it was one of the main reasons for targeting him.
Furthermore, their misguided perception was that targeting him would be a factor among many others, through which they attempted to break the will of our people. They searched for anything that, according to their assumptions, could contribute to breaking the will and steadfastness of this people. They tried to instill a state of despair regarding steadfastness, determination, and effectiveness of the position of confronting the aggression. Their perception was that if they killed the Martyr President Al-Sammad (May Allah shower him in mercy), considering his position, his official status, and his active role, (along with other factors) would shatter the morale of our people, plunging them into despair and collapse.
Additionally, they were concerned that the Arab world and the Islamic world would have this type of officials, who are free leaders, do not submit to the United States, refuse the confiscation of their people's freedom and the occupation of their countries and homelands, and adhere to the causes of their Ummah. Their concern [the enemies'] was that in Yemen, with its geographical significance and active people who possess a faith-based identity, there would be someone who adheres to the causes of their Ummah, primarily the Palestinian cause.
Throughout all those stages, the Americans, the British, and the Israelis were taking into account what is happening these days and in this stage amidst the support of our dear people, the official and popular position of our country in defending the Palestinian people (in supporting Gaza), and the operations taking place now in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. They were extremely concerned that this country, with its geographical location overlooking the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea – all these straits and seas are of very high importance and the leaders of those countries and the enemies make countless calculations regarding their strategic importance – would have a liberation-oriented direction, adhering to the causes of the Ummah. They were also extremely concerned that when they sought to eliminate the Palestinian cause, in their quest to exterminate and displace the Palestinian people from their land, there would be those who stood with a sincere and serious position alongside the Palestinian people, taking advantage of this location to exert pressure on the enemies, especially the Israeli enemy. This is a strategic matter that the enemies talked about. Even the criminal Netanyahu talked about this issue, discussing the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the danger of having a leader in our country (in Yemen) that holds this liberation-oriented direction, this sincere position with the Palestinian people, and a decisive position against the Israeli enemy. He made statements on this matter, and those statements were widely circulated in the media outlets and broadcasted on television. Their statements on this matter are well-known, and there are statements from the Americans and American and British media outlets.
During that time and stage, the enemies were taking these days into account. It was part of the Israeli, American, and British programmes and within their short-term, long-term, and strategic plans to completely eliminate and end the Palestinian issue. This matter is present in their plans, and they build policies, orientations, work programmes, specific activities, and specific interests based on it. They take into account the emergence of our peoples, their movement, their vigilance, their awareness, and their aspirations to be at the level of their responsibilities and to obtain their legitimate rights. This bothers them, and they act accordingly. One of the biggest motives and objectives for targeting the Martyr President Al-Sammad (May Allah shower him in mercy) was their concern that there would be leaders and commanders and that this liberation orientation would prevail in our country and become dominant, with both the official and popular position aligning with it. This was a matter of great importance to the enemies, and they took it into account.
They want the official position of our country, to always be within the framework of allegiance to them: to the United States, to Israel, to Britain, as is the position of the other countries. They want us to have a position that aligns with the American agenda and the American and British approach so it becomes the same position, the same approach, and the same movement [as theirs]. This position [they want us to have] would suffocate the popular position, silence it, and prevent any dissenting movement that is based on our country’s (as well as other Arab and Islamic countries’) affiliation with faith and identity of faith. They want proxies whose main mission is to protect American facilities, American and British bases, and Israeli, British, and American ships – no matter what the Americans and the British do – even if the Israelis, the Americans, and the British direct themselves to attempt to exterminate the Palestinian people or other peoples of our Ummah in general. This is what we can see represented clearly in certain mercenaries who share the same acknowledgment with the Americans and share the same logic with the Americans, the British, and the Israelis. Their designation of our supportive position towards Gaza is the same designation used by Israel, the United States, and Britain; it does not differ from it. The difference is only in the language and dialect, but the content remains the same. When we follow the statements of the Israelis, the Americans, and the British, we find the same statements and positions echoed by the mercenary leaders, and they do not differ from them. They want such proxies in their hands, whose main concern and priority are to diligently, seriously, and attentively secure Israeli ships as they pass to get to the Israelis their goods and logistic support while they [the Israelis] are working to exterminate the Palestinian people. Then they justify that claiming that it is to secure international navigation and protect international navigation, whereas it is for protecting Israeli ships.
That is why the Americans were not satisfies when this country had a president like the Martyr President Saleh Ali Al-Sammad, may Allah shower him in mercy. Nor did they want to see this country embrace the liberation orientation and approach that our dear people are moving towards. However, the enemies failed to achieve their goals: The Americans failed, and so did the Israelis, their regional proxies, and their local recreants who betrayed their homeland and joined them. All of them failed to achieve their objective of targeting the Martyr President Saleh Ali al-Sammad, may Allah shower him in mercy. We all witness in this stage – our beloved people and the entire world – the fruits of sacrifice, dedication, and effort made by the Martyr President Al-Sammad (may Allah shower him in mercy) and his fellow martyrs throughout the previous years: those who were martyred before him, alongside him, and afterwards. We witness the fruits in our people's power, resilience, dignity, honour, effectiveness, impact, presence, and real contribution to the Ummah's battle, which concerns the entire Ummah. Our people fulfill their responsibility and role and effectively participate, and the whole world has heard about it.
The enemies' perception that through their criminal approach of killing and targeting the free individuals among our Ummah, including leaders and people from various levels of positions, responsibilities, and roles within the framework of the liberation position – they believe that by killing and targeting them they will achieve their goals of eliminating any sincere, earnest, and conscious movement from the people of this Ummah within the context of the liberation position – is a misperception: The enemies' perception of their criminal approach of killing, assassinations, and targeting is a failed, mistaken perception.
The merit of the martyrs lies in all their positions, responsibilities, and the role they undertake and move forward with, and each role is significant. Every martyr in the cause of Allah (Glory be to Him) within the framework of the true position and just causes of our Ummah holds importance and high status, and their contribution is crucial. The fruit of their efforts, sacrifices, jihad, and contribution is significant, great, and tangible.
That is why there is a great merit for the martyrs, starting from their direct practical contribution before martyrdom, then crowning their giving, work, and efforts with the gift of martyrdom, sacrificing their souls, selves, and lives in the cause of Allah (Glory be to Him) within the framework of just causes. They sacrificed for the salvation of their Ummah, the rescue of their people, and the confrontation of tyranny and injustice. Furthermore, their direct contribution before martyrdom has the fruit, outcomes, and effects of their sacrifices and previous actions and efforts. This is because Allah (Glory be to Him) is the one who blesses those efforts and sacrifices regarding to their impact, results, and the consequences that follow. This is clear and tangible to a great extent.
Also, among the significant merit of the martyrs is that they remain immortal as an inspiring model in the position of role models, exemplars, motivators, and driving forces for others to take action. When we look at the values and loyalty they embodied, the efforts they put forth, and the sacrifices they made, this holds significance and impact. So they are the inspiring model.
Also, among the significant merits of the martyrs is their elevated status with Allah (Glory be to Him) and what they have attained, achieved, and reached of the great triumph, as Allah (Glory be to Him) says, {‘Never think of those killed in the cause of Allah as dead. In fact, they are alive with their Lord, well provided for’}[Ali 'Imran 3:169]. They are alive with their Lord, encompassing all that it entails: a lofty position, a tremendous status, and bliss and honour beyond our imagination. They are {‘rejoicing in Allah’s bounties and being delighted for those yet to join them. There will be no fear for them, nor will they grieve. They are joyful for receiving Allah’s grace and bounty, and that Allah does not deny the reward of the believers’}[Ali 'Imran 3:170-171]. A part of the believers' reward lies in the fruits and outcomes that are achieved for the sake of sacred objectives they carried while moving in the cause of Allah (Glory be to Him) within the framework of righteous positions and just causes. Another part is related to the honour and bliss bestowed upon them by Allah, the Almighty.
Our dear people's position in this stage, both at the official and popular levels, towards the tragedy and oppression of the Palestinian people in Gaza and Palestine as a whole, is a significant, clear, and striking evidence of the enemies' failure to achieve the goals the wanted to achieved by targeting the Martyr Al-Samad and the martyrs before and after him.
What makes this position of our people distinguished (this position at the official and popular levels in our country) is the integration and comprehensive action in all fields, foremost among them are the military operations. Tremendous negligence is seen in many countries in our Ummah, whether in the Arab world or elsewhere. In contrast, there is high-level mobilization in our country, even at the military level in targeting the Israeli enemy. This includes naval operations in the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea. The military movement is effective and highly impactful, and we hope that everyone realizes the effectiveness and impact of this movement.
Indeed, Allah has granted our country a true victory in its naval operations by achieving a very important goal, which is preventing the passage and movement of ships associated with Israel. This goal has been fully achieved, and in recent weeks, no ship associated with the Israeli enemy has been allowed to pass or cross. This is a great blessing, a real triumph, and a significant accomplishment to completely prevent the movement and passage of ships associated with the Israeli enemy. This is clear evidence of the effectiveness and impact of the naval military operations carried out by our dear people, and this has effects and consequences on the Israeli enemy, not only in the situation of the enemy in Umm al-Rashrash (called Eilat by the Israeli enemy) in which the commercial activity is disrupted in its port, as well as the resulting consequences on the enemy. It also has effects at a broader level, at its [the enemy’s] general economic situation. the statistics, information, and figures confirm this reality. It is a clear and tangible matter acknowledged by the Israeli enemy and discussed by others.
Furthermore, due to the effectiveness and impact of this position, when both the Americans (who are another arm of Zionism—the Zionist Jewish lobby) and the British (who are also another arm of the arms of the octopus of evil—the Zionist Jewish lobby) moved as a unified force in aggression against our dear people, it is because our people's position has a significant and strategic impact and a real influence. That is why they have launched aggression against our country and entangled themselves, leading to consequences that affect them at their economic state and at other aspects, as well. Their ships and warships have also become targets since the start of their aggression against our country. Consequently, they are now experiencing that problem with the Israeli enemy: Their ships are being targeted, and they are facing the resulting consequences in their economic state and at other aspects.
Then, when the objective of preventing the passage and movement of the ships associated with the Israeli enemy was achieved (despite the American and British aggression against our country and despite all the efforts and attempts made by the Americans and the British to protect the ships associated with the Israeli enemy—their war and aggression against our country was primarily for that purpose), they all failed: Neither the Israelis were able to protect the passage and movement of their ships through the Bab al-Mandeb and the Red Sea, nor were the Americans or the British able to do so. Their (all of them) failure and the success of our country (by the grace of Allah) in achieving its objective of preventing the passage and movement of ships associated with the Israeli enemy is a victory over all of them, over the trio of evil (the United States, Israel, and Britain). This is a great blessing and a true victory, and it demonstrates the extent to which our country has reached in its military capabilities and the impact of its position.
Actually, there is an acknowledgment of their failure by those who hold the highest positions among them: The American president admitted their failure to protect the Israeli ships although they replaced the true expression of ‘Israeli ships’ with the general expression ‘the ships’. However, they were unable to protect the ships associated with the Israeli enemy. At the same time, they have entangled themselves to the point where they can no longer protect the ships associated with them, whether the Americans or the British. Their leaders, military leaders, and political leaders have admitted their failure to protect the ships. This is a significant and true victory, and we praise and thank Allah for it.
The mobilization and wide military readiness of our dear people within the popular sphere are of utmost importance. The enemy takes this into serious consideration. The same applies with the demonstrations that manifest, illustrate, and express our people’s (from different segments and currents) popular presence, support, and position a wide scale.
The widespread presence in demonstrations and marches [in our country] is unmatched by any other country, and so is persisting in it despite the prolonged duration of the aggression on Gaza and despite the boredom of many people in different countries, in maintaining their voice, their actions, and their presence and in sustaining their interest to support the Palestinian people. Our dear people’s continuation with strong momentum remains within the framework of the right position that expresses awareness, faith, ethics, humanity, and a sense of responsibility in all its dimensions: humanitarian, ethical, and religious dimensions.
Due to the continued daily perpetration of crimes of genocide committed by the Israeli enemy against the Palestinian people and its current preparations for a comprehensive aggression and a ground invasion of Rafah, serious action against the Israeli enemy and against its brutality, savagery, criminality, and tyranny against the oppressed Palestinian people must continue.
Today marks the one hundred and thirtieth day since the beginning of the aggression on Gaza and the savage and brutal targeting of the Palestinian people in Gaza. Although the attacks and crimes against the Palestinian people in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and other parts of Palestine continue relentlessly, with martyrs falling every day outside of Gaza, what the Israeli enemy is doing in Gaza is crimes of genocide and unprecedented comprehensive destruction. Therefore, we are determined, based on our affiliation to faith, our sense of responsibility, our humanity, and our morals and values as Yemeni people, to continue moving based on our position and even further escalate our actions, without retreat, boredom, or apathy.
The Israeli enemy continues its brutality and criminality, and even its soldiers (males and females) proudly boast about killing children: We have witnessed videos of Israeli female soldiers boasting and taking pride in killing Palestinian children; similarly, Israeli soldiers boast and take pride in killing the Palestinian people. An individual claims to have killed a certain number, mentioning the figures of how many Palestinians they have killed, with cold-bloodedness and not within confrontation. The mujahidin in Palestine stand against the Israeli enemy, fighting them with unparalleled bravery, amidst extremely challenging circumstances. However, all Israeli soldiers (males and females) take pride in killing unarmed civilians: they kill children, women, and innocent residents in cold blood through mass executions. They boast about the killings carried out by means of killing and complete destruction: American bombs and missiles that cause extensive destruction to the Palestinian people, as well as shells and bombs provided by the British, the Germans, and others who participate alongside the Israeli enemy and contribute directly in committing the crimes of genocide against the Palestinian people. They take pride in it, with all brutality and criminality.
The aggressive preparations on Rafah are also a deliberate act of criminality, tyranny, and targeting of the Palestinian people. In Rafah, according to announced statistics, there are approximately 1.4 million Palestinian refugees, suffering difficult conditions and immense hardship. They are subjected to aerial bombardment and killings, including killing in the attacks that occurred yesterday, the day before yesterday, and today in Rafah. Nonetheless, the Israeli enemy intends to do in Rafah what it has done in the northern and central areas of the Gaza Strip. It seeks to commit acts of genocide, engage in comprehensive destruction, and perpetrate horrifying crimes. The tragedy will be bigger due to the overcrowding of such a large number of displaced people, and where they should go after Rafah. Where can they even go? The entire strip is destroyed, besieged, and targeted by bombardment. It is an extremely difficult situation, and it is a great responsibility [on the Islamic world] towards the significant danger facing the Palestinian people, the hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians in Rafah, the resident in Rafah, and the displaced individuals. It is a great responsibility that lies on the Islamic world, primarily on all Muslims, who bear responsibility before Allah, the Almighty. It is a religious and humanitarian responsibility and a responsibility in all considerations. Everyone must take serious action in supporting the Palestinian people in their oppression, amidst the ongoing criminality in general and this criminal step that the Israeli enemy declares its intention to execute.
Despite the deceptive style of the statements we hear from the American president and some American officials, the Americans are partners in all the crimes of the Israeli enemy. They are active partners with their bombs, missiles, money, and military administration. There are those who manage, plan, and participate in the management of these criminal acts, in the crimes committed against the Palestinian people, and even in the preparation for a very tremendous crime and a mass massacre in Rafah. American and British reconnaissance aircraft are at the forefront, preparing for that bloody criminal series that the Israeli enemy intends to carry out. They are the ones conducting reconnaissance, preparing plans, and gathering intelligence; indeed, there are those American and British officers who have come to Palestine to directly participate in managing these criminal operations, planning them, and providing consultation. There are individuals working on this file to prepare for that criminal step, and that is why they are considered participants.
In contrast, where is the humanitarian conscience of our Islamic Ummah? Where is the religious sense of responsibility? Where are the values of Islam? Where are the ethics? Where is the position of our Ummah towards the obligatory divine instructions to stand with the oppressed Palestinian people, who are part of this Ummah? The crime committed by the Israeli enemy against the Palestinian people is of an immense magnitude, and the silence of entire nations and peoples within our Ummah, as well as the inaction and lack of serious response, is a form of participation in that crime. Therefore, the matter is extremely dangerous.
A serious action and a clear, strong position towards this should be taken by everyone: first by our Islamic Ummah in general and by the Arab countries. Where is the Arab League?! Its movement is extremely weak even on the diplomatic level, which has no consideration, no echo, and no impact. Where are the Arab countries in general?! Where is their serious action so that it can be truly felt? At the official level, no serious action has been taken.
The Arab Republic of Egypt also has significance concerning Rafah due firstly to the peace agreement that was between it and the Israeli enemy. In light of the Israeli enemy's endeavour to carry out that criminal move against the residents of Rafah and the displaced in Rafah, it violates that agreement and surpasses the Philadelphi Route.
It also has significance in regards to other considerations, such as neighboring and belonging to Islam and Arabism, as well as all considerations, even in terms of national interest and Egyptian national security. Our brothers in Egypt are supposed to make really serious efforts, pay no attention to about American and British pressures, and take a stronger position.And everyone should stand within a strong position, not only them. The Arab countries should have a clear position. At the level of the Islamic world, the countries of the Islamic world are supposed to move seriously and effectively and unite their efforts to exert greater pressure. They should take practical steps, decisions, and real positions at the political, diplomatic, and economic levels. There are options and many pressure cards, but they need to be within the framework of practical positions. This is what is lacking in the position taken by the Arabs and Islamic regimes and governments as they weaken or suppress the popular position behind them. This is a serious issue.
The tragedy, the oppression against the Palestinian people, and the risks are very terrible. In addition, negligence is more serious when indifference, turning a blind eye, lack of action, or insufficient action towards that take place. The issue is extremely serious.
In addition, at the international level and regarding the institutions that are exposed by the injustice and tragedy of the Palestinian people, where is the role of the Security Council?! Where is the role of other countries, nations, the United Nations, and other organizations, institutions, and states?! Where is the serious action?! We hear about some positive positions here and there, and there is also a movement taken by among the public and communities through demonstrations. This movement should escalate within the framework of the current risks.
The Israeli enemy is committing acts of genocide against the Palestinian people fueled by its deep-seated hatred. These crimes reflect the extent of its animosity and horrific human bankruptcy. It kills children, and the majority of the martyrs are children and women. The statistics from a few days ago regarding the martyrs, namely the number of martyred children, exceeds twelve thousand! That is incredibly heinous criminality. The Israeli enemy martyrs thousands of children; then after one hundred and twenty-seven days – just two days ago – it boasted and took pride in what it claimed to be an achievement, despite all the extensive destruction, the killing of over twelve thousand children, and the killing of tens of thousands of the Palestinian people, including children, women, and residents, as well as extensive destruction and starvation of the population of Gaza. It claimed that it had achieved something by releasing two prisoners who, according to publicly declared narratives by some popular sources, were held by a Palestinian family. It boasted about it and presented it as a giant accomplishment. The Israeli leaders spoke about it, magnifying it and considering it a major step, a significant turning point, etc. It is utter absurdity in every sense of the word, utter absurdity!
What the Israeli enemy has achieved is an enormous record of crimes, a heinous criminal record that is unparalleled. It is a criminal record that is committed live; the world witnesses these horrific, extremely terrible crimes.
As for achievements, there are no achievements or accomplishments for an enemy that targets hospitals, such as the Nasser Hospital, which is now a primary target in its military operations. It [the Israeli enemy] advances towards it and considers that significant military achievements. It also considers killing children, targeting hospitals, and killing medical staff military achievements for it. It is a resentful, despicable, and vile enemy that commits the most heinous, evident crimes as witnessed by the entire world. Then it presents and promotes them as military achievements.
Why does it continue with all criminality in an audacious manner? It is, as we mentioned in all the previous words, because the Americans and the British participate in it. The American role is fundamental in the continuation of Zionist crimes. In any criminal step, no matter how significant it may be, the Israeli enemy will not plan to invade Rafah or carry out what it did in the northern or central parts of the Gaza Strip without relying on the Americans. If the Americans attempted to deceive the peoples of the world with absurd statements (in every sense of the word)—all that comprehensive destruction is carried out by American bombs and missiles. All those large numbers of victims, including thousands of children and women, are killed by American bombs and missiles. In all the planning and contribution to the administration of criminality, the United States is an actual partner in all the criminality committed against the Palestinian people. Both the Americans and the British are partners [in all of that]. Even their aggression on the country is in the context of protecting Zionist criminality, supporting the Israeli enemy, and participating alongside the Israeli enemy. The Yemeni front is a front against the Israeli enemy, providing support for the Palestinian people in Gaza. The Israeli enemy has opened a front against this front in order to provide support for the Israeli enemy and to protect Zionist crimes. Hence, in the face of all that Israeli aggression, brutality, and tyranny in which the United States and Britain are complicit, we will continue all our supportive activity for the Palestinian people. We will strive, as we have stated, to further escalate our efforts at all levels.
Our operations in the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and the waters adjacent to our country are legitimate operations. They are operations carried out to support the Palestinian people in Gaza, who are besieged and deprived of food and medicine. Some of the children, women, and residents of Gaza die of hunger. Some of them survive on animal feed. Our human conscience, our affiliation to faith, our values, our dignity, and our sense of freedom make it incumbent upon us not to stand idly by and watch that terrible, enormous tragedy. If we remain silent, turn a blind eye, watch inactively, and submit to the threats or the temptations of the Americans in exchange for stopping our operations, that would be complicity in the crime and a partnership in that American, Israeli, and British criminality.
Our country will continue its operations in support of the Palestinian people as long as the aggression, the siege, and food and medicine denial to the people in Gaza persist. Our operations will continue, and we will not care, be affected, or back down due to any American designation.
The origin of terrorism, the roots of terrorism, and the source of terrorism is the Zionist Jewish lobby and its three arms, the trios of evil: Israel, the United States, and Britain. What embodies terrorism and criminality in their ugliest form is those crimes the Israeli enemy inflicts on children and women in Gaza with American bombs and missiles. That is the criminal, monstrous terrorism, where American bombs and missiles kill children and women, where hundreds of thousands of displaced people suffer from hunger so that some die of starvation, and where some fathers cannot sleep because of their children's bawling and crying out of extreme hunger. That is the criminal, monstrous terrorism committed by the Americans.
The United States is not in a position that allows it to designate others and give them names and descriptions, because all attributes of evil, criminality, and tyranny apply to it. With its hostile policies and its documented, evident actual crimes, it deserves all attributes of evil, tyranny, and criminality. Furthermore, practical positions should be taken towards those who sponsor all of this criminality and tyranny. Hence, Designations will not cause us to limit our position. We will also confront the American and British aggression. Their targeting of our country will not benefit them in any way, and they have admitted their failure to protect Israeli ships and eventually to protect their own ships! The more they escalate, the more they lose, and this has increasingly severe consequences, results, and repercussions.
The correct solution to prevent the expansion of the conflict in the region is to stop the crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza and to provide food and medicine, which is a legitimate and just humanitarian demand in all respects: under international law and under all categories of rights, such as human rights, children’s rights, women's rights, and all types of rights. It is the right of the Palestinian people in Gaza to have access to the food, medicine, and humanitarian needs. Why do you prevent that? Why do you fight and expand the conflict to prevent the arrival of food and medicine to the people of Gaza? Doesn't that reflect criminality, terrorism, and tyranny and demonstrate the pursuit of inciting problems and expanding conflict without any legitimate justification, as you have no right to do that?
Indeed, we reaffirm our continued support for the Palestinian people. All our activities go in this direction: maritime military operations, operations targeting the Israeli enemy, extensive activities, and broad activities we carry out to the best of our ability. We will spare no effort. As for all other countries, we reassure them that there is no need to worry. Since the first day, the Americans have been trying to instill concern among the rest of the nations and attempting to distort the clear truth regarding maritime military operations. They try to portray them [the operations] as targeting all ships. Nonetheless, they are lying, and they [the Americans] know that they are lying. Therefore, we say to all countries in the world (except for the United States and Britain, as well as the Israeli enemy) that their ships are safe from our side. You can cross through the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea safely and peacefully. Do not think of us as a threatening side. If there is any danger to you, it is from the American enemy. From our side, there should be no worries. Our position is crystal clear: We target ships associated with the Israeli enemy. Furthermore, only because both the Americans and the British have involved themselves in aggression against our country to protect the Israeli enemy's ships and those ships associated with it, they have become targets; that is all. The rest of the ships can safely pass through. You can cross safely and peacefully. Rest assured that there is no need to worry from our side.
The Americans are the source of concern and danger. They are the ones who seek to turn the sea into a battlefield, which affects and worries other countries. In addition, they want to drag them into the problem. Therefore, all countries should avoid responding to them.
In any escalation and in any other practical steps, this is the direction we take: It is against the Israeli enemy and in response to the aggression of the United States and Britain, which is in support of the Israeli enemy. The rest of the nations, the rest of the countries, and the rest of the interests of those countries and nations are not the target of our operations or escalation. This includes the speculations in some media outlets about our intention to target the undersea cables (internet cables) stretching to the region. We do not intend to target the undersea cables stretching to the countries in the region. Our direction is clear, and it is to act against the Israeli enemy. Additionally, because the United States and Britain have involved themselves in supporting the Israeli enemy, we confront them. Indeed, there is no intention to target any undersea cables stretching to the countries in the region.
The continuous efforts of the enemies to disrupt or distort the position of our people and our country are part of their battle. If there are proxies, mouthpieces in Arab media, and some mercenaries acting within this framework, they are part of the enemy's battle, and they act as their mouthpieces, arms, and tools. Therefore, they act as part of the battle to support the Israeli enemy by distorting any position in support of the Palestinian people. The distortion of Yemen's position, the distortion of Hezbollah's position, the distortion of the Iraqi people's and mujahidins’ position, and the distortion of the entire Axis of Resistance are all part of the battle to support the Israeli enemy against those who support the Palestinian people in Gaza. Therefore, there should be awareness towards this reality, for this matter is a such clear matter.
As Yemeni people, our responsibility (based on our faith identity, Quranic culture, and responsibility towards the martyrs, including President Saleh Al-Sammad—may Allah shower them with mercy) is to remain firm in our position (as it is a just position) and the path of liberation and to hold onto the questions of our Ummah, with the Palestinian cause and Al-Aqsa Mosque at the forefront. We will spare no effort in that regard.
Another responsibility is the slogan raised by the Martyr President Saleh Ali al-Sammad (May Allah shower him in mercy): ‘A hand protects and the other builds.’ This is a responsibility placed upon the shoulders of state officials and the free people of the country. It is necessary for everyone to move within this framework.
Allah willing, we will meet again on this coming Thursday.
We ask Allah (Glory be to Him) to shower the Martyr President Saleh Ali Al-Sammad in His extensive mercy and to raise him in rank. O Allah (Glory be to You), have mercy on our martyrs, heal the wounded among us, set free our captives, and grant us victory. You are All-Hearing.
Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
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