Few days after the outset of Israel’s savage invasion of Gaza on October, Yemeni Resistance also declared war against Israel after the ultimatum it had set for cessation of aggression expired and Israel Occupation Forces (IOF) kept intensifying the bombardment, claiming lives of thousands of Palestinian children and women.

The Yemeni Resistance’s war declaration was initially interpreted as its intention to target Israeli facilities within the range of its known conventional mid-range armaments in south of Occupied Palestine. Speculation, to a large extent, were focused on the ability of Israel’s AD systems and those of its allies in war against Gaza, especially U.S., but few were ready for what Yemeni Resistance had in sleeves. After openly announcing that Israeli military and cargo ships are now the legitimate military targets, the Resistance in Yemen started sending warning signs to the Israeli ships which soon turned into a full-scale economic war against the Regime’s previously considered safe corridors. Amid the conflict, the Yemeni Resistance combatants successfully boarded a cargo ship belonging to one of the most renowned Israeli merchants, directing it to a port in Yemen. The footages of the complicated operation and its aftermath have ever since been used as an instrument for a psyop against Israel. This persuaded nearly all Israeli shipping companies and those associated with them to change the shipping direction and avoid passage through the Red Sea which economically serves as the most convenient maritime transportation route for the Zionist Regime; an interim remedy which has increased the shipping costs drastically.

Since then, many have articulated their contemplations about the possible future of maritime transportation for Israel, as Yemeni Resistance does not seem keen towards the idea of letting Israel’s criminal aggressions go unpunished.

For instance, an Israeli media published a report today describing the soaring costs of maintaining security for Israeli shipping companies and the scenarios before them in case the Resistance in Yemen would not accept loosening the rope just for a little. In an article titled “the Israeli shipping companies are requesting expanded military protection within the Middle East [West Asia] routes”, the outlet discloses that although attacks against Israeli cargo ships is not new, but the scale and intensity is. “Recent attacks”, according to the article, “increases the fear over the threat Iran inflicts on the Straight of Hormoz; a narrow passage which separates Iran from the [Persian] Gulf countries and serves as a major bottleneck for export of gas and oil in the global scale”. Although the article has undertaken the same shabby strategy all Israeli media and officials resort to whenever they see the chance (that Israel’s problem is West’s problem, and Iran is the most important problem of Israel), but there are some interesting talking points in between the lines of the piece which can be considered indicators of a mentality trending among Israeli/American decision-makers.

The article quotes McNally, a former adviser to the President of the U.S., saying “there is a %30 chance of substantial perturbation of energy supplies in the region”, which is not neglectable. Although Iran and the U.S. are not interested in a direct confrontation, McNally believes, but the two sides might find engaging in unintended conflicts inevitable, which means widespread disruption in %40 of global oil trade just in regards with what might happen in the Straight of Hormoz. To emphasize the intensity of the situation, McNally also mentions “this is besides the fact that one tenth of the maritime oil trade is done through the red sea.

To make sure that all westerners are on board, even those who are not clever enough, the article makes is explicitly clear that this is not just Israel’s problem, but all Europe’s problem. The writer quotes the CEO of an advising company in field of maritime transportation, saying “the Red Sea routes are important, especially for the Europeans as they receive all of the oil and LNG they’ve purchased from the Middle East [West Asia] through the Red Sea”.

The Yemeni Resistance has time and again insisted that its targets are the Zionist Regime’s assets, not those of any country, and has proven this point in practice as well. Nevertheless, it’s unlikely to see the westerners, especially Europeans, realizing that only the Israeli assets are at stake here. And its only a matter of time before we see the so-called “European politicians” chewing rhetoric about how the Yemeni Resistance should be confronted; which doesn’t matter anyway.