It's disrupted badly needed aid to Yemen by making one of their ports too dangerous to deliver to. It's also disrupting aid flows to Ethiopia and Sudan. In normal times, 15% of world trade flows through the Red Sea, much of it involving countries that have no involvement in the Israel-Palestine conflict or which have sided with Palestine. Despite what they say, the Houthis still have been hitting neutral vessels. making insurance rates too expensive for many trips. Obviously the US is partly just defending its own interests, but the Houthis are also just being destructive against the wrong targets.

[–] The_Jewish_Cuban@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Sure, but what about the 500,000 people facing genocide and famine conditions in Gaza while the world just sends ships right on by into Israeli ports? It's not great. I'm sure there's food and medicine that's really needed not getting to the people who do. However, foreign aid hasn't fixed any of the issues in these regions and it's wrong to assume that will change in the future.

Furthermore, westerners will always pour out sympathies now that it's a problem for them. In the past decade we've seen the Saudis ruthlessly murder the yemeni people at the behest of the United States. I'm not saying yours are, but most of this is crocodile tears and to pretend otherwise is deliberately ignorant or dangerously naive.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

From what I understand, the most effective way to get aid in at this point would be land-based aid through the Rafah entrance. Unfortunately, Israel has apparently been slow walking inspections. Some shipments have gotten aid in, though that is likely to lessen after the World Central Kitchen attack. It isn't the enormous volume that is capable through a larger land crossing, though.

Edit: Also, sending aid through Israeli ports is a bad idea. Right wingers in Israel have been blocking aid trucks trying to get in. Whatever route is chosen, it needs to not be beholden to extremists.