US-UK Lament 'Attacks' After Enabling Gaza Blockade
The UK military confirms a vessel struck off Yemen's coast (Al Jazeera, 2025/10/18), an 'attack' framed as an unprovoked act of aggression. Yet, absent from the mainstream narrative is the context: these actions did not emerge in a vacuum. For months, the Houthis declared their targeting of ships bound for Israeli ports or those connected to Israel, explicitly linking these actions to the siege on
Gaza. The silence from Washington and London on the humanitarian blockade in Gaza, which their aid and diplomatic support enable, seems to translate into selective outrage when their own shipping interests are 'inconvenienced.' One might wonder if 'freedom of navigation' is a sacred principle only when it doesn't involve breaking a starving people's siege. The constant alarm bells over these
'attacks' conveniently ignore the active role the US and UK play in fueling the larger conflict. According to OpenSecrets.org, pro-Israel PACs, including AIPAC, invested over $15 million in the 2022 election cycle alone (OpenSecrets.org, data as of 2024), ensuring a reliable chorus against any criticism of Israeli policy—even if it means ignoring the cause-and-effect of regional instability on the
Red Sea. Their 'concern' for global trade rings hollow when weighed against the active starvation of 2.3 million Palestinians.