President Trump has now made his separate peace with the Houthis, without alerting the Israelis of his plans, and as a result, he has caused some consternation in Jerusalem, but Israeli policymakers have wisely kept mum. Trump wanted a done deal before the Israelis could rouse their supporters in the US to try to talk him out of it. Here’s the deal: the Houthis will no longer strike international shipping, and in return, Trump promises to cease bombing Houthis in Yemen. Israeli shipping, and Israel itself, are not part of the deal; they will remain targets of the Houthis, who just the other day sent a missile that managed to hit Ben-Gurion Airport.
The Israelis are now determined to fight on alone, until the Houthis cry uncle and promise to stop launching missiles and drones at Israel. In the last two days, they accomplished much, including what appears to be the wholesale destruction of the port at Hodeidah and the international airport in Sana’a, as well as a cement factory that supplied the Houthis with material for building their tunnel network, where they hide both themselves and their weapons, and other military infrastructure. In addition, the IDF hit several electric power stations. More on Israel’s latest attacks can be found here: “IDF strikes shut down Sanaa International airport,” by Yonah Jeremy Bob, Amichai Stein, and James Genn, Jerusalem Post, May
The IDF said on Tuesday that it had conducted a wide array of airstrikes across Yemen, targeting Sanaa International Airport, electric power stations, and a cement factory to weaken the Houthis.
The military confirmed that one of the locations struck was al-Imran cement factory north of Sanaa.
It added that al-Imran “serves as a significant resource for the Houthi terrorist regime and is used for the construction of underground tunnels and other terrorist infrastructure.”
Dozens of aircraft were involved once again in the strikes, the IDF shared, dropping over 50 munitions, as the air force did on Monday and on January 11.
The attack was not only coordinated with the US, but Washington has been attacking the Houthis on a nearly daily basis at almost the same time.
The IDF also struck Attan in south-west Sanaa, Haiz Central Power Station in the Sanhan district south-east of the capital, and Asr Electricity Station in Sanaa’s Ma’een district to the west of the city, according to Al Masirah.
The Houthis’ official news agency, SABA, also said that the IDF struck at least two electricity transformers.
The international airport is located north of the city.
The attacks followed the military’s 2:36 p.m. warning to all Yemeni citizens at the airport to evacuate.
The warning is the first time that Israel has shared an alert before attacking the Houthis, after six prior attacks without warning, including on Monday.
Defense sources explained that, in this instance, the nature of an international airport, as opposed to Yemen’s Hodeidah Port and other areas that Israel has attacked, demanded a different level of warning….
The international airport was likely to be full of civilians, including many non-Houthis in transit. It was felt necessary, then, to warn them of the impending attack, as would not be needed for attacks on the Hodeidah port, or electric power stations, or a cement plant.
On Monday [May 5], the air force undertook a joint counterstrike of the Houthis in Yemen along with the US following the ballistic missile strike near Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday….
This was the last strike that the USAF undertook. After this joint strike, the Houthis quickly decided to make a deal with the Americans, to peel them off from their Israeli allies by offering an end to all strikes on international shipping — that Trump had repeatedly declared to be his main interest in bombing the Houthis — in return for a cessation of American attacks on Yemen.
Now Israel will be on its own in dealing with the Houthis, its American ally apparently unwilling to continue fighting the Houthis after 1000 airstrikes. If the Houthis think things will ease up, they are quite wrong. They do not understand the mental makeup of the Israelis. Now, alone — and because it is alone — the IDF will now let loose with even more devastating airstrikes than before, to compensate for the loss of American attacks, and will keep pounding the Houthis until their store of rockets, missiles, and drones have been either destroyed or used up in futile attacks on Israel.
It will be another example of that ferocious Israeli will to live and to prevail that the British showed in 1940 in that famous cartoon of David Low, at a time when the Battle of Britain was being fought in the skies over London, showing a soldier holding his rifle in his right hand while raising his left arm in defiance to the sky, at a time when the Nazis had overrun most of Europe, with a caption that read “Very well, alone.”
Billy says
Trump and his Administration must understand and take action against Islam’s threat of discrimination, violence, and terrorism to America, Israel, and all Non-Muslims as taught in Islam’s Quran(Quran 9:5, 29, 11; 98:6-7 and more). Islam’s terrorist groups are a specific threat to all Non-Muslims.
Allah’s Islam, a Terrorist-Criminal Enterprise, and its predatory believers continually fund, promote, and practice ideological subversion, propaganda, bigotry, discrimination, deceit, supremacy, segregation, hatred, violence, and terrorism as taught in Islamic Law and in Islam’s Quran. Muslim actions should be legally challenged with a multi-faceted force of Western Laws like Muslims wield against Americans and Westerners because Islam violates USA Laws(Quran 9:5,29; 49:15; 60:4 and more).
Like a Foreign Terrorist Organization(FTO) designated by the USA Secretary of State, Islam functions like a MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION(MTO) fighting against Non-Muslims and NOT A PEACEFUL religion under Western Law because Islam funds, teaches, and promotes Terrorist Criminal Organizations with Muslims as Terrorists for Allah(Quran 9:5,29; 49:15 and more).
Under Islam and Islamic Law, Muslims have the Legal Right and the Quranic Duty to terrorize Non-Muslims because neglecting this QURANIC DUTY is a Crime against Allah. Jihad means warfare against Non-Muslims to ESTABLISH ISLAM’S RELIGION(Quran 3:151; 9:5, 29, 111; Muslim Law Manual: “Reliance of the Traveller”, o9.0 and more).
More specifically, Islam, a terroristic-destructive way of life, is a Muslim Terrorist Ideology and Murderous, Criminal Enterprise of intolerance, continuous war, discrimination, segregation, supremacy, genocide, polygamy, propaganda, deceit, hatred, incitement, sedition, rape, terrorism, and violence against all Non-Muslims as taught in the Quran(Quran 2:208,216; 4:65, 89,95; 5:14,64; 8:12,39,74; 9:5,21,29,36, 41,49, 73,88, 111,123; 21:92; 49:15; 60:4 and more).
Stive says
I could care less about excuse after excuse and all the pro trump stuff, as I expected this with much more to come. I’ll take the flak in pursuit what what I see is the truth. My bible says all waxes worse and worse, not better. That means trump will be worse than horrible biden. It’s still the good cop bad cop game. It’s all a show. Trump was to go out 4 years and then return. It’s part of the show and he is part of it with the others.
Trump knows God protects Israel. That doesn’t mean that God won’t let Israel be hurt as a refinement by fire is also promised. So the attacker must carefully dance around the prey Israel, testing how far God will let him go on the attack. Trumps goal is both Israel and america destruction, and I can see all the haters attacking me..The game is elaborate and fools so many. I’m not angry at those that do see as I see what they see and with out God giving me comprehension, I would not see either.
Trump is leading Israel into a trap and is doing the same in america at warp speed too.
A narcissistic ego maniac is dangerous.
Would I want Biden to return? Hell no. I want all to continue and Jesus Return.who will be the Few that find that narrow path in that tiny remnant of believers, about 3% that Jesus will know and not say depart from me.
No more excuses. Obama sold Israel tons of munitions to get political obedience.
Trump was and is in charge. He picked fauci cause he wanted him. Trump could have picked the famous black brain surgeon he put running HUD instead. Trump says it all but few hear. Trump promised a personal biometric identity for all. Trump knew what warp speed was all about. He needs no repentance. He has no sin. He likes to keep God out of the picture. He said it all publicly. He’s not serving the Jews, but setting up their destruction.
There was s a reason I no longer vote, as even a lesser evil is still voting for evil.
Anyone not liking this, don’t like it with out being a hateful beast. I hate no one with an opposite view.
Wellington says
Your post is risible and replete with errors. Trump loves America and in his first term moved our embassy to Jerusalem, something other Presidents promised to do but didn’t. Many Israelis, including Netanyahu, know that Trump is the greatest ally Israel has in all the world. Does this mean that Israel and Trump will always see eye to eye? Of course not. The British and the Americans formed the closest and most effective military alliance in history during WWII but sometimes they too did not see eye to eye on certain matters.
As for your statement that Trump picked Fauci, no he didn’t. Fauci was at NIAID since the 1980s and Trump had nothing to do with picking him. Fauci serves as a classic example of the unelected, incompetent and arrogant bureaucrat that does a lot of damage, no one more so than Fauci himself, and which such people it is almost impossible to get rid of.
Stive says
You didn’t comprehend all I wrote. Fauci was on the payroll of many administrations as advisor, but he did not have to be picked for his warp speed post. Trump wanted him ! As far as Trojan horse gifts, you have to give to trick and get. Is is willy Wonka where the child kidnapper says children, ice cream ice cream? Deception can be very elaborate. Our bible says an evil man comes as an angel of light, almost deceiving the very Elect. What does an angel of light look like? Not Obama, not Putin, not starmer, not pelisi. Get it yet ?
Wellington says
Trump is not a doctor and Fauci he was told had the proper credentials (seemingly) as someone who should be listened to. Moreover, Fauci was not paid more by the government for any (bad) advice he gave, though he was the highest paid federal employee and received for the NIH and NIAID all kinds of royalties from drug companies.
As for Trump per se to state he wants the destruction of America and Israel is loon material. You simply cannot be treated as a serious thinker and so I’m done with you.
somehistory says
I’m not going to respond to all of the political stuff you cited; but the Bible’s telling us about an “angel of light” is not describing a human, an ordinary man. It is revealing what satan the devil does in “transforming himself into an angel of light.”
If we cite the Bible, we must be correct so as not to mislead others….or ourselves.
KJV
“2 Corinthians 11:14
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.”
Transmaster says
According to Trump. Israel is perfectly able to defend itself, and the United States will give them what they need to do it, with no restrictions, no need to ask. The US Navy is there to keep shipping open. But the Houthis are still attacking US Navy ships. The navy has 100s of cruise missiles to pound the Houthis to keep attacking.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
So the deal that Trump has signed w/ the Houthis – does that preclude the latter from attacking Israel as well? If it doesn’t, Israel should assume that the Trump Administration is only slightly less hostile than Biden, and go ahead and do whatever it needs to to the Houthis, as well as Iran
Stewart Shane says
I believe that Trump wanted to stop the Houthi Islamists from attacking all shipping, but he settled for something less, perhaps the best deal he could get. It seems that Israeli ships (and other ships bound for Israel) are excluded from the prohibition of striking “international shipping.” If that is the deal made, then that “best deal” is horrific, and it dishonors the United States and all involved in negotiating the deal. That bad deal gives the official imprimatur of the United States of America to attacking Israeli ships, other ships bound for Israel, and Israel itself. Is it moral for the US to make “peace” with Islamists by offering in exchange the lives and welfare of Jews, Israelis, and those who do business with them?