The Houthis are genuinely committed to helping Palestine as part of their ideology, which includes supporting Palestine, being anti-Israeli, and anti-American. They are not Iranian proxies and do not take orders from Tehran; instead, they act based on their beliefs and ideas. The Houthis having their own agency and ideas is crucial, contrary to the arrogant and patronizing assumption that they are proxies. These insights are important to clarify before discussing other aspects.
Featuring Helen Lackner on the Houthis, the politics of their attacks on Red Sea shipping, and the long history of Yemen from British colonial Aden through the current civil war.
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