The Houthis in Yemen serve as the last functional Iranian proxy, still fighting the Jewish State and imposing an effective siege in the Red Sea. Despite a Houthi ban on interacting with any Israeli entity, Ynet managed to carry out an interview with a Houthi source, who clarified that the terror group will continue their fight to destroy the Jewish state even after the war in Gaza ends. Ynet: What do you want from Israel? “We want only one thing from the Zionist entity: its departure from the land of Arab Palestine, because we believe that its existence is invalid. Its end is an inevitable divine promise. Israel is a usurping entity, planted in the heart of the nation, based on murder, conquest, and desecration of holy places. We in Ansar Allah (the name of the organization) believe that our struggle with this entity is an existential struggle between faith and infidelity, between the oppressed and the tyrants. We will win. We want Israel to be wiped out and the Al-Aqsa Mosque to be purified. This is G-d’s promise to his servants.” From your statements, it can be understood that the threats will continue even in the ‘day after’ the war in the Gaza Strip. What are your goals against Israel the ‘day after’? “The Gaza war has established a new equation and proved that the resistance is capable of causing you pain as a conquering Zionist entity. We are part of the al-Quds (Jerusalem) axis, and we will continue to fully support the Palestinian resistance— politically, militarily, and morally—until we achieve our great goal: dismantling the usurping Zionist entity and destroying it from all fronts—from Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, and Syria. “Our goal is clear: to confuse the entity and weaken it until it collapses from within. We will also expand our activity in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. We will target anything related to Israel, anywhere, both inside and outside Yemen. The Jews are a legitimate target for us, and you will soon hear about our attacks.” What is your goal inside Yemen? “We are waging a struggle in Yemen for liberation from the American-Saudi-Zionist aggression until we achieve sovereignty and independence. We reject the foreign presence and want to establish a Quran-based and just system that will advance the country politically, economically, and morally. “We will restore the status of the Muslims that Saudi Arabia and the Gulf and the regimes that are actually agents, have sold. We will support the goals of the nation, especially Palestine, and build an ideological army capable of defending Yemen and the nation. We are not looking for power, but for the implementation of the project of Hussein al-Houthi (the brother of the current leader Abd al-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, who was killed) to build an Islamic state and to defeat the Jews.” How do you see your relationship with Iran? “We are not ashamed of our alliance with Iran. We are proud of it because it stands by the goals of the nation. The Iranians are a role model for us and support us and our goal. Our relationship with them is one of brotherhood in religion and destiny, based on the principle of ‘supporting the oppressed.’ It is a relationship of faith and loyalty to Ayatollahs Khomeini and […]