Akbar Shahid Ahmed of The Huffington Post wrote Biden Risks A Major Middle East War whence the careless and chaotic behavior of POTUS is likely to embroil the US in a hot war between Israel and Lebanon. Furthermore, the Yemen factor (in the strategic convergence of sea corridor control) have changed the geopolitical scenarios:
The Houthi movement is a major part of the Ansar Islam government of Yemen.
Over eight years of war, the Houthi have fought the U.S. supported Saudis and UAE mercenaries to a standstill.
Their slogan:
God is the Greatest
Death to America
Death to Israel
A Curse Upon the Jews
Victory to Islam
In solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, the Houthi have recently blocked sea bound traffic to the US-supported Israel
leading to intrusive neo-imperialism interventions - as reported by Caitlin Johnstone:
just whence on January 11th, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague is holding its first hearing in South Africa’s case against Israel under the Genocide Convention, (counterpunch; view ICJ proceeding):
and where The West will stand in the dock alongside Israel at the genocide court, (jonathan cook; middleeasteye), whereby in essence, the arguement that Israel’s actions in Gaza, combined with its leaders’ statements of intent, make it clear that Israeli policy is “calculated to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians in Gaza”, (Mearsheirmer).
It is at a time when Ukraine existential survival is neglected even though The Economist November 2023 interview with General Zaluzny cited on the impeding collapse of country as the value of Zelensky’s governance is depreciating, see On Geoeconomics #42 particularly as an autumn counteroffensive had failed, (naked capitalism), and where a coup and counter-coups are imminent with insurgent of crises preceeding a total collapse of Ukraine (continue reading an expanded version of The Ukraine War 2024 HERE; also, here are two selective background readings:
The RAND Reports on Ukraine, and Towards a conflict resolution.
Essays published during the week that was:
2] France shifting its stance on the Gaza war
5] MOMENTUM #181 and FRIDAY FILES