Israel Confirms Yemen Strike: Unsanctioned Warfare, Unsurprising Escalation
Mainstream media dutifully reports the death of Houthi chief of staff, Mohammed al-Ghamari, attributing it to an Israeli air strike in late August, citing Israel’s defense minister. The underlying question—about Israel’s undeclared war in Yemen, its apparent right to strike sovereign nations without UN mandate, or the role of western powers in enabling such aggression—is conspicuously absent. One
might recall similar undeclared military actions, from Syria to Iraq, where the 'rules-based order' (selectively applied) mysteriously vanishes. This convenient framing allows for a detached report on a target eliminated, rather than an exposé on the continuous, unilateral assertion of military force in a region already destabilized by a US-backed, Saudi-led war. How many undeclared wars does one
region need before we question the 'defense' pretext?