Speech by Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Badruddin Al-Houthi on the Latest Developments
Thursday, 28 Dhu Al-Hijjah 1445 A.H. (4 July 2024 A.D.)
I seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan, the outcast.
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Praise is to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. I believe that there is no god but Allah, the Sovereign and the Manifest Truth, and that Muhammad, our master, is His servant, Messenger, and Last Prophet.
O Allah, confer Your salat and blessings upon Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad as You conferred Your salat and blessings upon Ibrahim and the Family of Ibrahim. You are Owner of Praise, Owner of Glory! And be pleased with Muhammad's good companions and all Your righteous servants and mujahidin.
Brothers and sisters, peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Three days remain until the start of the tenth month since the beginning of the Israeli-Zionist aggression on the Gaza Strip. As we are in the 39th week, the 272nd day, and with the passage of time, many start to lose interest, especially those in the Arab world. Their attention diminishes with regards to following events and reacting through adopting positions and taking action. This is one of the most critical weaknesses that enemies count on, especially with Arabs. It may extend to other peoples in the Islamic world in general, but in the Arab context, it is unfortunately evident! They react to events when they first start, especially if they are astonishing. Then, their interest decreases, their engagement weakens, and their concerns shift to other matters. Even the simplest developments can become a major preoccupation that receives significant attention at the expense of important, serious, and critical issues. What is happening in Palestine is not ordinary news that one can become accustomed to hearing or dealing with easily. It is not something that can be received with a lack of interest and interaction in terms of following up, taking action, and taking a position. What is happening there is a crime of genocide against an oppressed Muslim people. It is a horrific, bloody, criminal series of events like no other against a Muslim people. Humanity in Palestine is being violated and desecrated. The Israeli Zionist enemy has no regard for sanctities, legal considerations, or anything else. It transgresses everything while labelling others as animals and not real humans, even though it has appeared worse than animals in its criminal and brutal behaviour, acting in a horrific, atrocious, and despicable manner.
The total number of martyrs, wounded persons, and captives has exceeded 150,000 Palestinians. This is all within a limited geographic scope, namely the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The focus of these events is primarily on the Gaza Strip. The number of continued massacres that amount to genocide has reached more than 3,400 massacres. This week alone has witnessed more than 21 massacres, resulting in the martyrdom and injury of 1,130 Palestinians, most of whom are children and women, as usual.
Among the horrific crimes, which add to thousands of previous heinous crimes committed by the enemy's' soldiers, is the killing of an elderly Palestinian woman, approximately 65 years old, by Israeli soldiers in the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood. They ran over her with tank tracks in front of her children and grandchildren. This is just one of thousands of such brutal crimes characterized by extreme atrocity and cruelty. The Israeli enemy excels in the various forms of these horrific and heinous crimes and boasts about them.
Why showing this indifference in the face of horrific crimes that should shake the world's conscience?!
It is very unfortunate that such crimes, along with other crimes, are met with complete disregard by the Arab regimes, most of which still classify the Palestinian mujahidin as terrorists, label Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, and even classify our Yemeni people as terrorists! Meanwhile, the criminal terrorism perpetrated by the Israeli enemy does not attract their attention, fall into their classifications, or call for taking a position. This week, the Arab League reiterated that it continues to classify Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Indeed, the very least that the ruling Arab regimes should have done is to lift those unjust, oppressive, false, and insulting classifications against the mujahidin brothers in Palestine. However, as we mentioned, the Israeli enemy, which commits the most atrocious and horrific criminal terrorist acts, is never classified as a terrorist entity in their lists. They are keen to appease the Israeli enemy even in their media outlets, as they seek to appease it by sticking to carefully chosen descriptions and expressions, ensuring they do not offend the feelings of the Zionist enemy—to such an extent!
When we reflect on such a crime which involves running over an elderly Palestinian woman by tank tracks while she was still alive, don't we find this extremely horrific?! Consider the many atrocious, heinous crimes that preceded this crime, such as executions of children, killings of women, and collective targeting of the Palestinian people. None of that has prompted the ruling Arab regimes to even issue a description or classification, which they might not follow with any practical steps or serious actions. This indicates that they completely lack the will, the serious intent, and the credibility to take any serious position at the political level, the economic level, or any other level against the Israeli enemy and its crimes against the Palestinian people.
The Israeli enemy also uses starvation as a means of genocide. This is a severe form of injustice, a major violation of human rights, and a very bad method condemned by all of humanity when used against peoples. There is absolutely no justification for it. Yet, the Israeli enemy keeps employing fully-clear practices that use starvation as a means of genocide against the Palestinian people. Since occupying the Rafah crossing, the Israeli enemy has completely closed it and kept it that way, completely preventing the entry of food supplies that once used to enter in tiniest amounts. There is a great tragedy caused by starvation, and the Israeli enemy's use of starvation threatens the lives of three hundred thousand Palestinian children, putting them at risk of dying in this very painful and unfortunate manner. Approximately seven hundred thousand Palestinians are suffering to a very great extent, and their condition has become life-threatening due to the lack of food.
The Israeli enemy also continues to target the kidnapped and captives through torture and starvation, as well. It combines between torture—the kind of torture that uses the worst practices, methods, and criminal and brutal techniques—and starvation. It even boasts about it, saying that they do not deserve to eat and rather deserve execution with a bullet to the head. This is what one of the Zionist criminals said. He used this aggressive and savage expression.
One of the heinous and serious crimes committed this week by the Israeli enemy is its use of some kidnapped Palestinians as human shields during its incursion into some neighbourhoods in the Gaza Strip. They kidnap them and then use them as human shields during their advances in those neighbourhoods, which is a criminal tactic.
Regarding the West Bank, the enemy's assaults and aggression continue with incursions into neighbourhoods and cities, as well as displacement. Notably this week, the enemy approved five new residential settlements, aiming to impose a new reality in the West Bank that stifles the Palestinians and affects them even in what is claimed to be a political process and a path to peace and negotiations and known to be part of previous recognitions and agreements reached with the Palestinian Authority. The Israeli enemy has violated all of that and ignored and nullified all previous commitments, attempting to impose a completely altered reality that can establish a state of total occupation and control.
Biden boasts about the level of support for the Zionists: 'We saved Israel!'
The Americans continue their support and cooperation in all of this. On top of that and with the election campaigns and debates that have begun among the American presidential candidates, the candidates compete, as usual, over who is more loyal to Zionism and more supportive of the Israeli enemy. This theme is prominent among the topics they compete on, with each trying to present themselves as the most loyal, dedicated, and serious in serving Zionism and supporting the Israeli enemy. This was evident even in the debate between Biden and Trump, where Biden boasted about the extent of his support for the Israeli enemy. He expressed the position of the American government and official institutions by saying, 'We saved Israel. We are the biggest producer of support for Israel than anyone in the world.'
Interestingly, the first part of this statement says, 'We saved Israel,' which aligns perfectly with the events and facts and clearly shows the extent of the role the Americans play in support of the Israeli enemy. The American role is that of a key partner, significantly contributing to the continuation of the Israeli enemy in its crimes, its occupation, and its aggression. Therefore, the Americans are partners in every sense of the word with the Israeli enemy. This partnership is not new; it has existed for decades, with the Americans consistently presenting themselves as the biggest supporters and protectors of the Israeli enemy. American support goes beyond direct provisions of weapons, money, and more, as it extends to what they impose on the countries in the region and what they do with regimes and governments for the sake of the Israeli enemy. The Americans do many things for the benefit of the Israeli enemy, working with regimes, governments, and countries in the Arab and Islamic world.
He says, 'We saved Israel. We are the biggest producer of support for Israel than anyone in the world.' For him, this is a source of pride, as he boasts about it. In what are they the biggest supporters of Israel? in those heinous crimes: killing children and women and committing genocide against the Palestinian society. Thus, they are the biggest supporters and the biggest partners in all the atrocious and horrific crimes that Israel commits.
This also demonstrates how effective and impactful Operation Al-Aqsa Flood is on the Israeli enemy. Biden's statement that they saved Israel—indeed, the state of confusion, failure, and panic that the Israeli enemy experienced during blessed, successful Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was a very terrifying state, as it was a state of complete confusion, overwhelming panic, and utter failure, which shook the Israeli enemy in an unprecedented manner. So the Americans took the initiative and took full charge of the situation, appearing as if they were managing the battle entirely. Some Arab regimes, in their approaches, methods, and media policies that downplay the importance, value, and effectiveness of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, should listen to such an acknowledgement, because it acknowledges the extent of effectiveness and impact of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, against which the Americans see they have intervened solely to rescue the Israeli enemy while it was in a state of a major defeat. Indeed, the effects of the significant and blessed operation (Operation Al-Aqsa Flood) will extend indefinitely, and the Israeli enemy will never be able to eliminate them, no matter how many crimes and atrocities it commits.
Also regarding that debate, they both exchanged insults, accusations, and descriptions of criminality. This is a realistic description; each one describes the other as a criminal, and both are right in this point. Each one is a criminal and belongs to the criminal Zionist orientation, which leads humanity into a state of loss, destruction, decline, and disorientation.
Regarding the student movement at American and European universities, it is notable that the fight against it has come to include media coverage, as it no longer receives media coverage, neither from the Arab media, nor from the media in the rest of the Islamic countries, nor even from the media in these same countries themselves. Media outlets in America, Europe, and some other countries like Australia have been ignoring these activities and that student movement in universities and adopting a policy of media blackout and ignorance. This policy is used for the purpose of undermining that movement, what it expresses, and what it indicates. Even at the level of some social media platforms, these countries are imposing restrictions on the publication of content supporting the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people.
They also use the method of disciplinary measures in some universities. Such measures are unjust, for this does not call for disciplinary measures. How come that harsh and unjust measures are considered discipline when they are taken against those students who went out to declare a humanitarian position! So could the act of punishing them for that be regarded as discipline?! Should it not rather be the case that the one who should be disciplined is the one who punishes them for their humanitarian stance?! This has happened at some universities in Australia, as well as in some European countries. Indeed, they use this method, and in some European countries, they have gone so far as to prosecute some students who go out in demonstrations in support of the Palestinian people!
In the face of this oppressive aggression, the mujahidin are etching the most remarkable victories against the enemy!
In the face of all that oppressive and brutal aggression, which has been going on for a long time, as we approach the tenth month, the mujahidin brothers in the Gaza Strip from the Al-Qassam and Al-Quds Brigades and other Palestinian factions continue to effectively and steadfastly confront the Israeli enemy on all battle zones and carry out various operations:
- laying exceptional and deadly ambushes that inflict suffering and direct losses on the Israeli enemy,
- targeting dozens of Israeli enemy vehicles,
- and constantly using artillery and targeting the Palestinian lands that the Israeli enemy occupies, called settlements, even with rocket salvos, especially in recent times, which is significant and of great importance.
The Israeli enemy had hopes that with the pass of time it would make numerous changes in the reality of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. Foremost among these changes were to end the Resistance completely, dismantle and get rid of the Al-Qassam Brigades and other jihadist formations affiliated with Palestinian factions, and maintain its occupation and control with complete stability and without any operations targeting it.
The operations of the mujahidin brothers in the Gaza Strip were effective and impactful on the enemy. They exhausted the enemy, dealt blows to the enemy, and caused the enemy to fall into despair in every sense of the word. This week, the mujahidin bombed enemy gatherings at their points of deployment at Al-Shuhada Junction, resulting in the killing and injuring of many Zionist soldiers. The same also occurred in Rafah, the Philadelphia Axis, and the outskirts of the Gaza Strip. Among the important and noteworthy developments of this week is the release of a video by the Resistance in the Gaza Strip demonstrating the ongoing military manufacturing process during the Zionist aggression, which serves as another significant proof of the Resistance's ability to endure and adapt to the conditions of the battle. Indeed, this is an important achievement—it holds great importance.
In an exceptional operation, the Palestinian Resistance used an unexploded F-16 missile to booby-trap a house and blow it up, targeting a Zionist military unit and causing several deaths and injuries under the title 'Your own merchandise is given back to you.' This diversity and creativity in targeting enemy soldiers and inflicting harm on them demonstrate the effectiveness and outstanding performance of the Palestinian Resistance, as well as its cohesion and steadfastness. This is a very important matter.
Also, in a self-sacrifice operation documented by the military media, two of the mujahidin approached an unsuspecting Zionist tank to put explosive devices on it with their own hands and explode it before withdrawing safely. This has become of frequent occurrence in the operations of the mujahidin brothers in the Gaza Strip. It is an act of self-sacrifice, and such impactful operations against the enemy reflect boldness and great courage.
The enemy announced the transition to what it calls the third stage. In fact, this is an act of escaping forward and burning stages without accomplishment, and it is a continuation of the failure that accompanies the Zionist enemy and the getting-nowhere reality. The enemy jumps from one area to another in the Gaza Strip, without any actual result. The enemy announces control over a certain area and the dismantling of the resistance brigades there, but it soon returns to the same area again only to receive more violent blows than the ones it received in previous times and find itself forced to withdraw! Then it moves to another area and continues the cycle of obvious failure.
Support fronts witnessing an escalation in the quantity and quality of operations, with operations at their peak in the seas
Regarding the support fronts, Hezbollah's operations are ongoing with great effectiveness and impact on the enemy. The current situation of the Zionist enemy in northern Palestine and in facing the Lebanese front is very bad in every sense of the word, as destruction, ruin, and losses are seen in more than 130 usurped residential units in northern Palestine, along with tens of military sites and bases. Furthermore, tens of thousands of Zionist occupiers, who are known as settlers, have fled away. This is not to mention the near-total economic paralysis and stagnation seen in the Galilee region and northern Palestine along the Lebanese front.
Hezbollah's operations are escalating quantitatively and qualitatively, and the psychological warfare in which the Americans, Israelis, and some Gulf regimes participated in an attempt to intimidate Hezbollah, has been futile, worthless, and ineffective. Hezbollah is far too great in its resilience, steadfastness, and awareness to be shaken by such efforts, and it is already prepared for all possibilities.
Regarding the front of Yemen (the Yemen of faith, wisdom, and Jihad), the statistics show that the support operations that have been carried out this week alone, in the Battle of the Promised Conquest, and the Holy Jihad, and within the framework of the fourth stage of escalation, have reached twelve operations by the grace of Allah, the Almighty. They have been carried out with a total of twenty ballistic and cruise missiles, drones, and vessels, along the entire theater of operations, starting from the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean, and extending to the Mediterranean Sea. During these operations, six ships were targeted, and thus the total number of the targeted ships since the beginning of the support operations until today reaches one hundred and sixty-two ships. This is a large number and has a very great impact on the enemies. These ships are belonging to or associated with the Israeli, American, and British enemy or belonging to companies that violated the decision to ban entry into the ports of occupied Palestine.
And these operations have a very great impact; they are, by the grace of Allah (Glory be to Him), a success and a victory, and their continuation with momentum, impact, and effectiveness is a victory and support from Allah in every sense of the word. The Americans exerted all efforts to stop these operations, limit them, or reduce their impact and effectiveness, but they failed and were unable to do so. Therefore, the Americans are amazed and acknowledge how effective and impactful these operations are.
American experts and officers are amazed and acknowledge the effectiveness of Yemeni operations!
This is not just at the level of the media, in what journalists or newscasters say; rather, many American experts and officers (from the relative authorities themselves) have acknowledged the difficulty of the battle and expressed this by saying that it is a kind of extremely difficult military threat that is hard to control. The Americans' battle and endeavours to stop the operations of the Yemeni army in the Red Sea, the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait, and the Arabian Sea, are not easy or simple for them so that they can get rid of the problem quickly. They are used to swiftly end a battle here or there or to stop this party or that one through the use of threats, operations, sanctions, or any measures. However, they have become aware of the steadfastness of our Yemeni army and our dear people, as well as the continuous development of capabilities, which has resulted in making these capabilities exceed (by the grace and support of Allah) the techniques that the enemies are trying to rely on to limit the impact of naval vessels and missile and drone strikes. Therefore, they have acknowledged the development of Yemeni capabilities, and they are amazed at the intensity and accuracy of the recent strikes. It also astonishes them that the Yemeni armed forces are constantly improving themselves, benefit from everything, and assist their operations, and this is one of the expressions they use in their assessment of the performance of our armed forces.
In the very heart of America, there are those who have also acknowledged that the battle with our people has exposed the inadequacy and weakness of American aircraft carriers, despite their historical reputation, as they were considered to be military wonders. Such was their fame, reputation, influence, and prestige. This is not to mention that America also used them to terrorize and intimidate other countries and peoples. However, due to our armed forces' strikes that targeted and hit them and forced them to flee, the Americans themselves have now come to view them differently. Despite their exorbitant cost, as they require huge costs, it is now admitted that they have faced major challenges because of the missile technologies of our country and that the battle in the Red Sea has proved that aircraft carriers are an outdated system that is no longer worth the cost. This is a great achievement and a great victory for our armed forces, and it shows the great impact of the strikes that target and hit aircraft carriers and other American naval combat vessels in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arab Sea. This is how they now speak of what they had once boastfully considered, as we said, one of the military wonders and looked at it with awe and admiration, pinning their hopes on it to intimidate others.
Some regimes and governments used to fall into a psychological defeat and change their decisions and positions when one of the American aircraft carriers approached a nearby sea or their territorial waters. The officials in this or that country would tremble, and they would change their positions and orientations and make concessions. But they lost all of this before our beloved people and our country, at the official and public level, in their steadfast, jihadist, and faith-based position. This is an important matter that deserves to be highlighted and contemplated, for it is one of Allah's greatest blessings and a manifestation of His great support and represents a truly important historical victory. This is true for those who reflect, those who understand, and those who appreciate the value of such great and important victories and achievements, for which we should turn to Allah in gratitude. They themselves say that they consider aircraft carriers to be an obsolete system, outdated and not worth the cost, after experiencing those strikes and witnessing their effects on them.
Newspaper reports and statements from American officials regarding maritime operations
Furthermore, an American newspaper report says that 'the Houthis' have proven that they are capable of pushing the entire US Navy away. Indeed, this is the case for the Americans in the Red Sea: Their naval vessels flee in panic, and are chased by missiles and drones while fleeing at their maximum possible speed. This is how they (the Americans) put it. They say that 'the Houthis' have proven that they are capable of pushing the entire US Navy away and that having anti-ship missiles under the control has proven to be more than enough to keep the vast majority of the US Navy away! They go far away, and they no longer dare to approach. They are afraid and recognize the effectiveness of those strikes and the extent of their impact.
They also said in other reports that American warships have been facing dangerous and unprecedented threats for months in every sense of the word. This is how they view the impact and effectiveness of the Yemeni operations, and this is the wording they use to express this. They also say that this experience has been a valuable lesson for the US Navy. The Americans have started to re-evaluate their capabilities, their tactics, the way they fight and confront this level of threat and danger, and this level of tactics, which they were surprised by from the side of the armed forces in our country.
One of the American officials, in a press conference, acknowledged the strength and resilience of the Yemeni people's position, as well as their principled steadfastness and the strength of the motive that drives them. These are all important descriptions. This is the fruit of faith-based belonging, faith-based instruction, and principled positions that are rooted in faith. The strength and resilience they speak about is what is befitting, what is honourable, and what our dear people should embody. They have achieved this by Allah's grace—praise is due to Him. The strength of their motive stems from the faith-based motive that is unparalleled.
In response to the host's question at a press conference this week, he said that 'the Houthis' continue to attack ships and are now achieving greater success despite American efforts! This is what he said. In other words, despite the fact that the Americans were saying at the beginning of their aggression against our country that they would prevent the continuation of the operations of the missile force, the navy, and the drone force of our armed forces, it has become clear that the reality is completely different, and what we initially said has been realized—that is, the American enemy, although against its will and wish, will contribute to the development of our military capabilities through its aggression. This is indeed what has happened. They say—this is an American official who speaks about Yemen and says that now it appears they are achieving greater success. He wonders about the reason behind the lack of success in their efforts. When he was asked about the reason behind the failure of America's efforts and whether or not America needs a new strategy of deterrence for this purpose, he said, as part of his answer, that there is a religious enthusiasm 'the Houthis' have instilled in this effort and it becomes more difficult to achieve deterrence when one does that. Note the very important fruit of the motive of faith and Jihad for our dear people and their armed forces, a distinctive motive, with this seriousness, this interaction, this sincerity with Allah (Glory be to Him), this steadfastness, which amazes and astonishes the enemy and has this great impact on the enemy, by the help and grace of Allah. This manifests the fulfilment of the divine promise, which Allah promised to the believing servants when He said, {'O you who have attained faith, if you support Allah, He will grant you victory and strengthen your foothold'}. This is a manifestation of the divine victory and the act of strengthening the foothold. So he admits and uses such words.
American reports have acknowledged that the Yemeni operations are escalating. At one point, they launched a media campaign to claim that these operations had declined. We told them clearly and honestly that what had declined was the movement of American and British ships and that the movement of Israeli ships almost disappeared, if not disappeared entirely. So they were the ones who retreated, not at all on the part of our operations. Now they are acknowledging the truth, and the campaign they launched has completely failed, as they are saying that the Yemeni operations are escalating, with continuous development and with notable and tangible success. This is a blessing and represents a victory and success. These are the terms that are truthful to use in describing our operations against the Americans and others who have moved to protect and support the Israeli enemy. This is a very great blessing.
Also, an American website says that the current battle in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden between 'the Houthis' and the surface naval fleet is the most sustained and intense battle their naval service has seen since World War II, and this is also the first time ever that ballistic anti-ship missiles have been used in combat. They were amazed by this sustainability, as sustainability is a very important matter. To continue the operations with such escalation and intensification, with such success and development, is what astonished, worried, and frightened them. Therefore, when they compare it with all the events since World War II, they see that what is happening now in the Red Sea is distinguished by this feature: It is the most sustained, the most effective, and the most impactful on them. It has witnessed the use of weapons that have never been used before to target targets at sea, even in World War II, such as the use of ballistic missiles to target and accurately hit ships at sea. This is a great and important success, for which we praise and thank Allah.
The Americans are trying to do what they can do: bombing. This week has witnessed nineteen airstrikes. The number of the hostile raids carried out by America and Britain in their aggression supporting the Israeli enemy is nineteen in Al-Hudaydah, Taiz, and Hajjah.
Advice and warning regarding the intense American efforts to embroil others!!
In addition to launching airstrikes, the Americans are also making every effort to embroil others. This is an important issue for the Americans, as they seek to embroil others to fight instead of them or to get involved in the problem with them. Due to the suffering they are facing in terms of aircraft carriers, the Americans have sought, and are still seeking, to embroil others to open the way for them to use their lands in carrying out hostile airstrikes targeting our country. They are trying to persuade some Arab countries, Muslim countries, and countries neighbouring our country or in the region.
Therefore, in this regard, we advise everyone, all Arab countries and all Muslim countries, to beware of getting involved with the Americans by opening the way for them to use their countries to carry out hostile acts against our country. They must realize that the Americans are trying to drag them into a genuine predicament and to involve them in the problem they are facing. It is a disgrace for any Arab or Muslim regime in any country to open the way for the Americans in the midst of a battle that is a confrontation with the Israeli enemy. This is so because the battle we are fighting as Yemenis is a battle against the Israeli enemy and aims at supporting the Palestinian people, and this battle is clearly and explicitly linked to this cause with complete sincerity. Therefore, when any Arab country and any Arab or Muslim regime stand with the Americans in their support for the Israeli enemy, this means they are directly standing with the Israeli enemy. And if any regime wants to involve itself in such a shameful, bad, unjust, and hostile situation for the sake of serving the Israeli enemy, despite what the Israeli enemy is doing in Gaza, that is a betrayal of Islam, a betrayal of Allah, a rejection of the path of truth, a denial of the principles of Islam, an enmity towards the Islamic Ummah, and a betrayal of all Muslims. And our people have the right, in such a case, to take any necessary action in response to that. We advise others to beware of the devilish endeavours of the Americans. The Americans' direction is the direction of Shaytan, and their method is a devilish method: {'He only invites his followers to become inmates of the Blaze'}. He seeks to implicate others in what is evil for them, what brings them no good for them, and what is a danger to them and leads to serious consequences for them in this world and the punishment of Jahannam in the Hereafter, the severe torment, the Blaze.
They also seek to embroil the Saudis in committing aggression regarding the economic situation and escalating in the economic field to harm our dear Yemeni people. We will speak more about this point in the opening speech of the coming new Hijri year, Allah willing.
One of the acts the Saudi regime was dragged into by the Americans is its heinous and bad move to obstruct the return of the rest of the Yemeni pilgrims to Sanaa, despite the efforts being made these days to persuade the Saudis to open the way for a Yemeni plane to go and transport the remaining pilgrims and return them to Sanaa. The persistent intransigence of the Saudis in this point comes in the context of courting and serving the Israeli enemy out of obedience to the Americans. The Americans are always seeking to turn the Arab regimes into regimes that serve the Israeli enemy and make them accept serving the Israeli enemy as the main task they prioritize over their peoples, the issues of their Ummah, and anything else, even if this involves fighting the peoples and the countries of this Ummah, committing a betrayal, and denying in every sense of the word. Therefore, the more intransigence the Saudis show in this regard, the more they harm and expose themselves, and this will lead to bad consequences for them.
The importance of continuing public activities, which go hand in hand with military operations!
Regarding the public activities, they are ongoing, and thanks to Allah, the marches that our dear people resumed last week after Eid were widespread and huge. These marches took place in various liberated governorates and districts, totalling 233 marches and demonstrations. Some of them took place in Al-Hudaydah Governorate, despite the scorching heat, which reflects credit to our dear and beloved brothers in the governorate, who participated in 26 squares. Similarly, in Al-Jawf Governorate, which experiences extreme heat, the locals took to the streets in 16 squares in an honourable manner, which is truly praiseworthy. The participation of our beloved and dear sons from Al-Jawf Governorate, despite the intense heat, leaves no excuse for those who may hesitate to take to the streets and favour staying in their homes over such important participation, which is a crucial part of the Jihad in the path of Allah, the Almighty.
In the rest of the governorates, even in many rural districts where people suffer from difficult roads and transportation challenges, people toke to the streets and participate with immense enthusiasm and dedication. This is evident in their chants and expressions, which reflect seriousness, sincerity, interaction, care, faith, loyalty, values, and steadfastness. This is a great blessing. Therefore, it is important for these public activities to continue
The Americans express outrage at the ongoing military operations at sea, which have extended to more distant regions, reaching as far as the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, despite the fact that we are facing a major problem from the support provided by Arab regimes in favour of the Israeli enemy. In the case of the operations in the Mediterranean Sea, some regimes and Arab armies seriously turn with great interest to serve the Israeli enemy by intercepting missiles and drones in order to prevent them from reaching and targeting the Israeli enemy. This is truly regrettable and profoundly saddening. By Allah! It is a disgrace for Arab armies and regimes to assume the roles of protectors and defenders for the Israeli enemy. This is extremely shameful and leads to profound consequences and repercussions. This is because Allah is watchful over all His servants. Contributing to the killing and oppression of the Palestinian people by supporting and backing the Israeli enemy is an extremely heinous crime. When any regimes, armies, or individuals are involved in such actions that cause them to bear a burden, this will make Jahannam their eternal abode and subject them to the wrath and punishment of Allah in this life and the Hereafter, as the oppression endured by the Palestinian people is extremely serious.
For the sake of sustaining the support, it is essential to pay attention to two important points.
Given the long duration, as we are approaching the tenth month since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, people should consider two important points. The first is that they should seek to increase their awareness, understanding, and insight with regards to the Israeli enemy and the nature of the conflict with the Israeli enemy and those behind it: the Americans and other Western countries that support it. This is because one of the major issues our Ummah suffers from, both at the public level and within ruling regimes, is the very serious lack of awareness regarding the enemies and the nature of the conflict with the Israeli enemy, the Jews, global Zionism, and those who align with it.
People are in need of awareness; they need to know a lot of details. They need to benefit from Quranic awareness, from Quranic insights, from the guidance of Allah (the Almighty), and from the associated evidence and examples from historical truths and events that many have written about but unfortunately excluded from educational curricula, especially in Arab countries, and neglected by media in these countries. As a result of that, there is a very significant level of heedlessness, and there is also a great lack of information and awareness about the nature of this conflict: what the enemies are doing, the extent of their actions, how they are active in every field, what they have done, and what they are doing at the media level and in other fields.
For example, when we look at the confessions of the American cell, what they admitted to is only a small part of what the Americans have done and aim to do in our country. Indeed, there is much more than what they admitted. And at a broader level, too many things fall within the context of the endeavours of the Americans, the Israelis, and the arms of global Zionism, who move under the leadership of the Jews to target Muslims primarily and other human societies as well. This issue requires a lot of awareness and involves many details and much information. Those in the media, cultural, and political domains should pay attention to this and seek to act in an organized and planned manner and to present facts, events, and evidence to people so that they know. Based on that, one can measure his level of awareness through the Holy Quran, through facts and events, and detailed information related to various fields. He can know whether he has become more aware and whether he has benefited from this stage and this intense battle to raise his awareness
Then comes also what is pertinent to the other point: responsibility, action, and taking position (the actual and practical contribution). A person who believes in Allah and the Day of Judgment and understands what responsibility before Allah (the Almighty) means and what Allah will hold him accountable for on the Day of Judgment, especially positions as religion is about positions—as this matter is very important—should strive to increase his contribution, making it more and more significant. He should seek to give more and strengthen his position, and he should also continue the path without hesitation, reluctance, fatigue, boredom, or retreat. This is an important matter. A person should be keen to elevate his level of contribution and Jihad in the cause of Allah. Move forward with the consideration that this is part of your Jihad in the cause of Allah, by which you seek closeness to Allah (the Almighty), and be aware of the value of this great act to draw closer to Allah. Remember Allah's promises so your interest and interaction do not wane.
Allah (the Almighty) says about His sincere, faithful servants, {'And they did not waver regardless of that which afflicted them in the way of Allah, nor did they weaken, nor did they give in. And Allah loves the patient ones'}. How is it then that some people have not been afflicted by anything yet—they have not reached the point of being afflicted by anything? The matter is just to go out at the end of the week in what is akin to an outing and a change of air. The atmosphere is a comfortable, encouraging, enthusiastic, interactive, wonderful, and pleasant atmosphere. However, Shaytan still can influence some to discourage them even from such activities, despite the great reward for participation. Yet, he discourages them from such activities.
Allah says, {'They don’t tread on any ground that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict upon an enemy any infliction but that it is registered for them as a righteous deed. Indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of the doers of good. Nor do they spend an expenditure, small or large, or cross a valley but that it is registered for them that Allah may reward them for the best of what they were doing'}. The great encouragement from Allah (Glory be to Him) is it not a great motivator, big inspiration, and compelling driving force for a person to come out, to contribute, to be diligent in contributing more, and to continue in his contribution and concern? Yes, any believing person will surely interact with this encouragement from Allah for the great reward: {'That Allah may reward them for the best of what they were doing'}. Therefore, the weekly million-man demonstrations should continue, and it is important not to allow the state of lethargy and boredom to affect some people in their interaction. People should recognize the importance of continuity, the importance of steadfastness, and the value of that at the level of faith, values, and ethics.
In this context, I call our dear people to participate in the million-man demonstrations tomorrow, Friday, Allah willing, at the Al-Sab'een Square in the capital Sana'a, as well as in other governorates and districts. This participation, as we have said, should reflect faith, steadfastness, and loyalty and have the purpose of drawing closer to Allah (Glory be to Him), performing Jihad in His cause, and seeking His pleasure.
O Allah, hasten victory and relief for the oppressed Palestinian people and their dear mujahidin and grant us victory. I also ask Allah to have mercy on our virtuous martyrs, heal the wounded among us, and set free our captives. He is All-Hearing!
Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
