Bkk Brian

This notion that the best of a worst set of options was to do nothing is about as off the wall as the mad hatter. Of course action was needed: UK had no choice but to strike Houthis - Cameron Their attacks on cargo ships - some of which have no clear connection to Israel - have led major shipping companies to divert vessels away from the Red Sea, instead taking a longer route around southern Africa. Lord Cameron said the UK took part in the strikes to defend "freedom of navigation". He also suggested Britain could strike Houthi targets again if their attacks continued. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67972796

Former member of terrorist org. included in South African delegation to ICJ Shawan Jabarin, the general director of Al-Haq, a Palestinian “human rights” organization, was observed as part of the South African delegation at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last week. Jabarin, a former senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) – designated as a terrorist organization by Israel and around 30 Western countries – has a contentious history. Jabarin's past includes convictions for his involvement with the PFLP and multiple prison sentences. The Israeli Supreme Court, in a 2007 ruling, described him as playing dual roles in both a non-governmental organization and a terrorist group. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-782083

"Tell us who your friends are and we’ll tell you who you are. Hamas put out a message thanking South Africa for bringing its case against Israel to the ICJ. These are the same Hamas terrorists who were hosted by the ANC in South Africa after October 7th. South Africa has become Hamas’ legal arm." https://twitter.com/Israel/status/1746100140245446771

Houthis release video of simulated assault on Israeli village that includes hostage-taking Yemen’s Houthis release a video simulating an assault by the Iran-backed rebel group on an Israeli community, similar to the Hamas-led atrocities of October 7. In the clip, Houthi commandos enter a building after storming the fake village, with one of them shooting a poster of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they do so. Inside are a pair of men dressed in ultra-Orthodox garb, whom the Houthis take hostage before eventually blowing up the mockup. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/houthis-release-video-of-simulated-assault-on-israeli-village-that-includes-hostage-taking/ The Houthis practicing taking over an “Israeli settlement” and taking hostages in northern yemen. any more proof required for people to understand that every Iranian proxy has the same goal?

Freeing hostages is the first step to peace in Mid-East As events in the Middle East war escalate and threaten to spread, the world must not lose sight of where it all began. One hundred days after Hamas terrorists stormed into Israel on October 7 to unleash a wave of indiscriminate killing and hostage-taking, we highlight the plight of those who have been taken captive. Their release may not be the full answer to ending the war but it is an essential first step to securing peace. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/editorials/freeing-hostages-is-the-first-step-to-peace-in-mideast/news-story/62bb907ede581496fe6fd9a7f5cc4267?amp&nk=44c7e31cde6163721fef584f1385a25f-1705190474 https://archive.ph/nsHuf

Aside from having terrorist journalists working for it, well at least until they were killed a few days ago then there is this: Al Jazeera During the 2023 Israel-Hamas war, Al Jazeera was conducting an interview with a wounded Gazan resident, who blamed Hamas hiding amongst civilians for his wounds; Al Jazeera promptly ended the interview.[41][42][43] Al Jazeera has also been accused of pushing Hamas propaganda, repeatedly broadcasting statements by Hamas' military and political leaders calling for a broader uprising and aligning themselves closely with Hamas' preferred language for the conflict.[44] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_controversies_and_criticism

May also want to take note, those terrorists killed in the video above. Hamas health Authority will count them as civilians and if there are any teenagers terrorists amongst then, age 17 years or so, they will be marked down as children killed.

IDF releases footage of Gaza airstrike on Hamas cell armed with RPGs, assault rifles The IDF releases footage showing the identification of a cell of Hamas operatives armed with RPGs and assault rifles in the central Gaza Strip, and a subsequent airstrike carried out against them. According to the IDF, troops of the 179th Reserve Armored Brigade spotted the Hamas cell and ambushed them. After the cell entered a structure the IDF says was used by Hamas as a command center, the reservists called in an airstrike, killing them and destroying the building. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-releases-footage-of-gaza-airstrike-on-hamas-cell-armed-with-rpgs-assault-rifles/

Of course, Iran who has equipped and trained Houthis are behind all this, the same way they fund and trained Hamas. Iranian Spy Ship Helps Houthis Direct Attacks on Red Sea Vessels Iran’s paramilitary forces are providing real-time intelligence and weaponry, including drones and missiles, to Yemen’s Houthis that the rebels are using to target ships passing through the Red Sea, Western and regional security officials said. Tracking information gathered by a Red Sea surveillance vessel controlled by Iran’s paramilitary forces is given to the Houthis, who have used it to attack commercial vessels passing through the Bab el-Mandeb strait in recent days, according to the officials. Earlier this week, the Pentagon unveiled plans for a multinational naval force to protect merchant vessels in the Red Sea. Meanwhile, many of the world’s biggest shipping lines, oil producers and other cargo owners have started diverting vessels from the region, prompting a rise in oil prices and insurance rates. https://archive.ph/H0SWp https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iranian-spy-ship-helps-houthis-direct-attacks-on-red-sea-vessels-d6f7fd40 Although if Iran goes by its usual playbook, it will likely try to restrain the Houthis and avoid a direct clash.

Your constant use of IMO gives you an excuse to not provide evidence which of of course you can't, the other method you use to avoid being confronted with the truth and evidence is to put so many people you disagree with on ignore. That said its also clear you do actually go back and read ignored posts so here's a little more evidence for you from the ICJ case yesterday and one of the Israeli lawyers. Dr. Galit Rajuan, brutally dismantles South Africa in just a 4-minute presentation at the ICJ. There was another 3 hours of this with other lawyers. "In every single hospital Israel has searched in Gaza, it has found evidence that Hamas uses them for military purposes." "Dr. Galit Rajwan at the International Court of Justice in The Hague: "In the current conflict, many civilian deaths are directly caused by Hamas" English speaking vid 4 mins

Assuming I am giving a right wing misrepresentation of facts on this forum is a false accusation; https://camera-uk.org/topic/guardian/

Your quote Looks like the Houthis won't stop until Israel stops. My response remains the same and it is not a blameshift, it is reality.

Why not, it was agreeing to a further extension of the Nov pause but Hamas refused

Yes I tend to reply to posts but I see you ignored this one: "Pauses are always an opportunity for further talks and further ceasefires."

then doing nothing, as you call it, is the better option. Except just about every real expert disagrees with the do nothing option. Experts react: What to know about US and UK strikes on the Houthis in Yemen The decision by the United States and allies to strike Houthi assets on January 11 was necessary and right. The Houthis had conducted more than two dozen attacks in the last seven weeks, disrupting global maritime traffic and threatening allies. But the US and UK strikes are unlikely to halt Houthi aggression in the Red Sea. For the United States and the coalition, the goal is to restore deterrence. That will almost certainly mean having to continue to respond to Houthi strikes, and potentially with increasing aggression in order to have a meaningful impact on Houthi leadership thinking. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react/experts-react-what-to-know-about-us-and-uk-strikes-on-the-houthis-in-yemen/

You were the one that brought up Israel, have you forgotten already?

A weeks long pause for hostage/prisoner exchange, Hamas refused. Pauses are always an opportunity for further talks and further ceasefires. So what are your suggestions rather than the strikes?

Fresh strikes just announced carried out by the US on a radar site The radar site was hit by Tomahawk missiles, the military said in a statement. It was a "follow-on action" on a specific military target associated with strikes taken on 12 January and designed to "degrade the Houthi’s ability to attack maritime vessels, including commercial vessels", the statement added. Images of one of the previous strikes:

More off topic whataboutery US and UK hint at military action after largest Houthi attack in Red Sea

Yep seems you like to state the obvious except Israel would stop today if the hostages were released by the terrorists

This is nothing to do with Ukraine

Off topic whataboutery

Not a lot of options available? What would some posters suggest? Let them carry on disrupting shipping? More than 2,000 ships have changed course to circumvent the area so far. A huge amount of resources are being spent on Operation Prosperity Guardian with the UK, US, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea and Singapore, protecting Red Sea shipping. Sometimes you need to stand up and take the least worst options available. Biden Has No Good Options in Yemen The decision to bomb the Houthis was likely the administration’s least bad path. The strikes, which targeted Houthi military installations and missile supplies, were aimed at weakening the militant group’s ability to launch attacks against commercial shipping lanes as well as restoring deterrence against the Houthis and other Iran-backed groups that have stepped up their attacks on Western targets in the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, U.S. officials said. Yet the strikes also revealed the limited batch of mostly bad options the United States has for dealing with the Houthi attacks as it scrambles to contain the regional crisis sparked by the war. https://archive.ph/aMSi2 https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/12/us-yemen-houthi-airstrikes-red-sea-israel-hamas-gaza/

Only if you ignore what I wrote. You can still present facts and be bias. Media does it all the time. Do I really need to explain how that is done?

IDF says it has completed operations in Khuza’a on outskirts of Khan Younis The IDF has completed operations in southern Gaza’s Khuza’a, on the outskirts of Khan Younis, where troops of the 5th Reserve Brigade killed numerous Hamas operatives and destroyed the terror group’s infrastructure. According to the IDF, the 5th Brigade demolished hundreds of Hamas sites in Khuza’a, including rocket launchers, observation posts, caches of weapons, around 40 tunnel shafts and major underground networks. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-it-has-completed-operations-in-khuzaa-on-outskirts-of-khan-younis/