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كلمة عبد الملك الحوثي زعيم جماعة أنصار الله اليمنية | العربي تغطيات

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Abd al-Malik al-Houthi, leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah, delivers a religious-political address framing the region’s conflicts as a unified struggle against “Zionism” (with the U.S., Israel, Britain, and their allies presented as key backers). He cites Quranic themes of decisive victory, moral responsibility, and the idea that tyranny will be confronted through action grounded in faith and justice. He argues that genuine “freedom” requires refusing servitude to powers other than God.

Core Claims and Arguments

  • Global/Regional thesis: The speaker portrays America and Israel as the central source of wars and instability, pursuing a “Zionist plan” to dominate Arab and Islamic countries, occupy land, plunder resources, and crush populations through both:

    • “Soft” warfare (media/manipulation)
    • “Hard” warfare (military genocide)
  • Saudi and allied Arab regimes blamed: He claims certain Arab regimes—especially Saudi Arabia—undermine Arab unity and hinder practical support for Palestinians through political, financial, military, and media roles. He further argues that Saudi policy enables the Zionist project across:

    • Gaza
    • Lebanon
    • Iran’s regional stance
    • Yemen
  • Yemen under blockade and aggression: He characterizes the Saudi-led war on Yemen as ongoing for 12 years, conducted under American supervision with British partnership, and with Israeli contribution and funding. He emphasizes:

    • Blockade-related suffering: food/medicine shortages and restrictions on travel for medical treatment
    • Destruction of infrastructure and health services
    • Humanitarian aid limits, including constraints on truck numbers
    • An alleged Saudi role in delaying/obstructing airport and port freedom and controlling goods and medication
  • Palestinians in Gaza: He argues Israel violates ceasefire/truce understandings, continuing daily killings, siege measures, expanded occupation, destruction of towns, aid restrictions, and alleged abuses including rape crimes. He condemns Arab regimes he says blame Palestinian resistance rather than Israel.

  • Lebanon and Hezbollah: He praises Hezbollah as legitimate resistance against Israel’s aggression and argues that Lebanese authorities and certain Arab regimes (again emphasizing Saudi Arabia and linking it to U.S./Israeli pressure) oppose the resistance and advance submission-like policies, which he compares to the Palestinian Authority approach.

  • Iran and the “axis”: He credits Iran with steadfastness and retaliation that, in his view, prevents U.S./Israeli objectives. He argues that American violations of agreements reflect bad faith, and he claims Iran’s position protects Arab peoples and the region.

  • Yemen’s confrontation and Red Sea operations: He frames Houthi operations against Israeli-linked maritime routes (Red Sea/Bab al-Mandab) as successful confrontations that forced U.S./British/Israeli failures (including carrier withdrawal and damage/repair). He also warns that further confrontations could resume.

  • Call for mass mobilization: Al-Houthi urges Yemenis to demonstrate in Sana’a and other governorates during a “Friday of warning and mobilization,” presenting the choice as either:

    • freedom/dignity and rejection of siege/foreign control, or
    • submission, which he describes as “starvation, humiliation, and loss of rights.”

Tone and Positioning

The address is explicitly mobilizing and polemical, combining religious justification with political blame. It portrays resistance (including military options) as a moral and religious duty to defend oppressed peoples and prevent outside powers from controlling Yemen, Palestine, Lebanon, and the region.

Presenters or Contributors

  • Abd al-Malik al-Houthi (leader of Ansar Allah / Yemen)

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