On July 6 and 7, 2025, the forces of Yemen’s Ansar Allah sunk two cargo ships owned by Greek shipping companies that do business with Israel. Since Ansar Allah began its selective blockade of Red Sea shipping in November 2023, it has sunk a total of four vessels, while attacking dozens of other vessels linked to Israel. Last week’s attacks arguably constitute a significant escalation of Ansar Allah’s blockade. Yemeni forces have succeeded in mounting these escalatory attacks despite two massive, U.S.-led military operations conducted against the impoverished Arab country over the past eighteen months. As Dimitri Lascaris explains, these developments in the Red Sea highlight the persistent failure of Western militaries to defeat adversaries whose resources are a tiny fraction of those of the West.
In the second half of his report, Lascaris examines a new poll which shows that the vast majority of Israelis want the Netanyahu regime to end the ‘war’ in Gaza. Lascaris also discusses a funeral held recently for an Israeli soldier killed in the Gaza Strip.
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Dimitri Lascaris is a journalist and lawyer. As a lawyer, he specializes in class action litigation, international law and human rights. He was a member of the shadow cabinets of the Green Parties of Canada and Quebec. In 2020, he ran for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada and came in second. He is also the founder and editor of the YouTube channel Reasons 2 Resists with Dimitri Lascaris.
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