Alwaght- After defeat of takfiri terrorists backed by the West and reactionary Arab regimes in Iraq and Syria, the victory in the 12-day Israeli war on Gaza added a new triumph to the Axis of Resistance’s record. Now Yemen war is the only open war in which the Resistance camp is in a status of victory. Yemen war, from a set of aspects, is similar to Gaza war. First, in both of them there is an unbalance in terms of possession of economic and arms potentials. While one side enjoys massive economic, military, and diplomatic support, the other side is a nation suffering from dire economic conditions and lower-level military equipment. Second, both of the targeted nations are under inhumane all-out sea, air, and ground blockades. Third, the use of missiles is the main balance-making factor in Gaza and Yemen. With all these similarities, now the question is how does the victory over the Israeli regime influence the status of war in Yemen?
Ansarullah regional positions improvement
During the Israeli regime's 12-day war against Gaza, one of the most important developments was the widespread international support for the Palestinian resistance, which once again put the Palestinian cause at the forefront of the Islamic world agenda. Muslim nations have strongly supported Palestine, especially on social media, and have criticized Arab rulers for compromising for Tel Aviv and collaborating overtly and covertly with the Israelis. In the meantime, one of the active actors in supporting the Palestinian cause was the Yemeni Ansarullah movement. The Yemenis, along with other members of the Iran-led Axis of Resistance, have declared their readiness to stand with the "Palestinian brothers in the face of the Israeli enemy" from day one of the aggression.
The fact has been raised many times in recent years by Ansarullah that one of the most important actors behind the developments in Yemen, along with Saudi Arabia and the UAE aggressors, is the Israeli regime. In dire straits geopolitically, the Israelis are in desperate need of open waters, especially through the Red Sea. For this reason, traffic safety at the Bab al-Mandeb strategic crossing in Yemen is of vital importance to Tel Aviv. Following the developments of 2011 and the revolutionary uprising of the Yemeni people, the Israelis were one of the main supporters of Yemeni late President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime and then of the Saudi-Emirati coalition attack on Yemen.
This comes while Bab-el-Mandeb Strait is currently controlled by Sana’a-based revolutionary government that is led by Ansarullah. This gives the revolutionary movement great potentials to practically back the Palestinians, something leaving the Israelis in substantial worries about Yemen war developments.
The important issue is that Ansarullah's ideological disposition to support Palestine and antipathy of the very Israeli existence, especially in recent developments, promotes its regional position, prestige and popularity among the Arab and Muslim nations, discredits the Saudi media propaganda against Sana'a, and questions the intentions of the destructive and brutal Saudi campaign in Yemen.
Morale uplift from certain victory of resistance approach
Morale boost for the Yemeni forces is another influence of Gaza victory as Yemen is under watertight blockade and airstrikes of the heavily armed Arab alliance. Just as the Israelis could not withstand the rockets fired by the Gaza rockets and demanded a ceasefire and withdrew their initial positions and accepted Hamas terms, the Saudis are in the same desperation as Yemeni missiles continue to rock their economic and military infrastructures. Actually, the Gaza resistance pattern promises a victory for resistance in Yemen.
Change of regional conditions
Another influence is a transformation in regional developments in favor of the Axis of Resistance and to the detriment of the pro-compromise front led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The shape of the regional security system is significantly changing with the developments in Syria, Iraq, Palestine, and Yemen to the form of interconnected links of a chain. In this new situation, the US military presence is declining and the West is incapable of supporting its regional allies to advance its security and geopolitical interests. The Tehran-headed Resistance camp already has the upper hand and this is just one reason for the Saudis to show a will to review their hardline stances on the Resistance front's members. Gaza win established and even prompted this trend and this will definitely leave its effects in the form of faster end of anti-Yemeni war and siege.
