Gaza Burns, Yemen Rises: Who Funds the Genocide and Who Fights It?

 

As the world watches in muted horror, Gaza continues to bleed under relentless Israeli bombardment. Entire neighborhoods are flattened. Children are buried under rubble. Hospitals are turned to dust. The death toll has climbed into the tens of thousands—many of them women and children.

Yet in global capitals, this carnage is rarely called what it is: genocide.

Why? Because it is armed, bankrolled, and diplomatically shielded by the United States of America.

While Washington lectures the world on human rights and democracy, it continues to send billions in military aid to Israel, fully aware that it will be used to destroy homes, mosques, and civilian lives in Gaza. Is this the cost of maintaining an ally in the Middle East? Or is it about preserving imperial hegemony under the guise of "strategic interests"?

Time and again—be it Operation Protective Edge, Iron Swords, or the most recent assaults—Israel has unleashed its military might on a besieged and occupied population. The justification remains the same: self-defense. But when the oppressed resist, it is labeled terrorism.

Against this backdrop, a surprising voice has emerged—Yemen’s Houthi movement.

They have done what no Arab government dared: confront Israeli aggression head-on and disrupt Western economic interests to make a point. In an act of solidarity with Palestine, the Houthis launched missiles at Israeli targets and disrupted international shipping routes through the Red Sea.

This defiance comes at a cost. The U.S. and Israel have responded with airstrikes on Yemeni soil. In March 2025, the U.S. launched Operation Rough Rider, claiming hundreds of Houthi casualties. Israel bombed Sana’a International Airport. Yet, the Houthis did not retreat. Instead, they doubled down.

Over 190 ships have been attacked or disrupted. Global trade through the Red Sea has dropped by 60%. Shipping companies are now rerouting vessels around the Cape of Good Hope—adding days to their journeys and driving up global costs.

What began as a regional rebellion is now a geopolitical headache. The United States, the world’s most powerful military force, has been forced to negotiate with the very rebels it once tried to bomb into submission.

Why?

Because $25 drones are draining billion-dollar defense budgets. Because guerrilla tactics are exposing the vulnerabilities of America’s oversized war machines. Because even superpowers are not immune to asymmetric warfare.

And yet, the hypocrisy is staggering.

While Gaza burns, the West wrings its hands over “humanitarianism” in Yemen. Where was this concern when Saudi Arabia, armed by the U.S. and Britain, dropped bombs on Yemeni schools, markets, and hospitals for eight long years? Where were the sanctions then?

Today, the Houthis demand just one thing: end the genocide in Gaza. Stop the killings. That’s their condition for halting attacks. But this is too much for the West. Why? Because holding Israel accountable is politically inconvenient.

The truth is bitter. In the eyes of many across the Global South, those resisting Israeli and American aggression are seen not as terrorists, but as symbols of defiance and dignity.

If the U.S. wants peace, it must first stop funding war. If the world wants justice, it must stop criminalizing resistance. And if history is any guide, it’s this: the fire of the oppressed may be battered, but it never goes out.

Yemen's skies may be dark—but its stand for Gaza has illuminated the truth that most governments are too afraid to speak.