Isranet Daily Briefing
Monday, May 5th 2025
Why is it So Hard to Stop the Houthis in the Middle East? – Analysis: Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, May 4, 2025 Houthi Drones Drain Billions from West as Red Sea Chaos Escalates, Experts Say: Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line, Jerusalem Post, May 4, 2025 U.S. Strikes Spur Plans for Yemeni Ground War Against Houthis: […]
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AlJazeera, May 4, 2025 “Both the Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council have competitively sought to present themselves as the solution to the US’s need for a partner on the ground against the Houthis in Yemen.” Anti-Houthi factions in Yemen could be vying for US support to attack the movement’s territory, analysts and experts […]
Benoit Faucon, Nancy A. Yousef and Saleh al-Batati WSJ, Apr. 14, 2025 “A major ground offensive risks reigniting a Yemeni civil war that has been dormant for years and that spurred a humanitarian crisis when a Saudi-Emirati coalition supported local ground forces with a bombing campaign.” Yemeni militias are planning a ground offensive against the […]
Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line Jerusalem Post, May 4, 2025 “Every Patriot missile or naval interceptor costs millions. Every drone they launch might cost a few thousand. This is not sustainable.” When a $20,000 missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels can bring down a US Reaper drone worth over $30 million, the cost of war takes on a […]
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post, May 4, 2025 “The Houthis are a hard nut to crack. Air power is likely not enough to stop them. Can their supply lines be cut off instead? Can their rocket storage facilities be found? Possibly.” The Houthis launched a missile at central Israel on Sunday that caused an explosion near Ben-Gurion […]
Thursday, March 27th 2025 / Thursday, March 27th 2025
The Houthis are the New Barbary Pirates: Dov S. Zakheim, The Hill, Mar. 21, 2025 How the Houthis’ Missile Attacks Fit into Iran’s Regional Strategy – Analysis: Nathan Klabin/The Media Line, Jerusalem Post, Mar. 24, 2025 Silent Enabler: US-backed Country Helping Houthis: Israel Shamay/Makor Rishon, Israel Hayom, Mar. 12, 2025 The Trump Foreign-Policy Team’s Real Problem: Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS, […]
Thursday, March 27th 2025
Israel Shamay/Makor Rishon Israel Hayom, Mar. 12, 2025 “Parallel to its relations with the West, Oman plays a double game.” Nearly two weeks ago, phase one of the deal between Israel and Hamas concluded, with Israel halting humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip several days after its completion. In response, on Friday, the Houthi leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, […]
Thursday, March 27th 2025 / Wednesday, March 26th 2025
Nathan Klabin/The Media Line The Jerusalem Post, Mar. 24, 2025 “By blaming Iran for the Houthis’ attacks, Trump is drawing a direct line between Iran’s regional ambitions and the broader security concerns of the international community.” Tensions between the United States and Iran have escalated significantly in recent weeks, partly due to the involvement of […]
Dov S. Zakheim The Hill, Mar. 21, 2025 “President Trump explicitly identified Iran as a potential American target should Tehran continue to support the Houthis.” Shortly after America had achieved its independence from Great Britain, the new nation confronted a threat from the Ottoman provinces of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. Beginning in 1784, raiders from […]
Nathan Klabin/The Media Line english.alarabiya.net Mar. 24, 2025 “By blaming Iran for the Houthis’ attacks, Trump is drawing a direct line between Iran’s regional ambitions and the broader security concerns of the international community.” Tensions between the United States and Iran have escalated significantly in recent weeks, partly due to the involvement of Yemen’s Houthi […]
Friday, March 21st 2025
SHABBAT READING The Melachot of Shabbat Are 40 minus 1: Cracking the Rabbinic Code: Rabbi Evan Hoffman, The Torah.com, Feb. 20. 2014 — Scripture requires that all Israelites abstain from work (melacha) on Shabbat (Exodus 20:10). Rabbinic texts speak of thirty-nine primary categories of labor (Mishnah Shabbat 7:2). Each primary category (av – plural avot) can be […]
Fatima Abo Alasrar Atlantic Council, Mar. 14, 2025 “According to the US Treasury Department, Houthi operative and ‘major general’ Abdulwali Abdoh Hasan Al-Jabri ran a human smuggling network, recruiting Yemeni civilians to fight for Russia in Ukraine.” The United States designation of the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) took effect on March 4. […]
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