The Houthi attacks in Bab el-Mandeb strait have completely halted the trade activities of the Port of Eilat, placing it in a complicated financial situation.
        • @CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world
          -9•3 months ago

          I’m not sure what part of Israel’s supply supply line goes from Brazil to Iran

          The Houthis are shooting at anything that moves, Israeli or not. Shooting at civilians is, in fact, a war crime.

      • CrimeDadAEnglish
        12•3 months ago

        What war crimes are Ansar Allah alleged to have committed against Israeli shipping?

          • CrimeDadAEnglish
            11•3 months ago

            HRW has also called for sanctions against Israel, which is what the Yemenis are effectively doing. I’m not sure how HRW squares that circle, but maybe they are just not a very serious organization. Five civilian deaths (as you say; the article you linked doesn’t mention any) is certainly a shame, but sanctions have to be enforced somehow.

            • @CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world
              -11•3 months ago

              Cool! Let’s sanction Israel then! HRW squares that circle because two people can be wrong at once. Shooting civilians is not sanctioning. The US doesn’t sanction North Korea by blowing up South Korean shipping.

              • CrimeDadAEnglish
                11•3 months ago

                The US maintains its sanctions against the DPRK (and Cuba, and Iran, etc.) by having established a credible threat of violence against anyone, including civilians, that might attempt to ignore or circumvent them. Those sanctions also directly target civilians as well because they include banking, which has the practical effect of blocking things like medical supplies even if such goods are explicitly permitted in the sanction orders. The Yemenis are doing a comparatively better job of not targeting civilians in spite of the less sophisticated means at their disposal.

              • davel [he/him]English
                13•3 months ago

                Let’s sanction Israel then!

                Since you know the Global North is aiding and abetting Israel’s genocide, and so obviously will do no such thing, why are you even saying that?

                The US doesn’t sanction North Korea by blowing up South Korean shipping.

                North Korea isn’t committing genocide.

                You are being deeply unserious while a genocide in your name is in progress.