Jonathan Elkhoury

"לדברי ענבל נסים-לובטון, חוקרת תימן באוניברסיטה הפתוחה ובמרכז דיין של אוניברסיטת תל אביב, השליטה באזור באב אל-מנדב מעניקה לחות'ים חופש פעולה גדול יותר מול ספינות: 'הם יצטרכו הרבה פחות מודיעין ונשק מתוחכם כדי לטרגט ספינות'." mako.co.il/news-world/202…

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Both sides are maneuvering feverishly for advantage in a volatile endgame. After election day, the Americans are free to do one of two things: make a lousy deal with the Iranian regime or punish the same regime severely. x.com/JavierBlas/sta…

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Houthi regional ambitions and apocalyptic visions rival those of its Iranian ally. At the very least, the Houthi terrorist regime wants to conquer all of Yemen and dominate the Arabian Peninsula. x.com/ReemRifai_/sta…

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"Diversifying its security partners while attempting an uneasy accommodation with Tehran" doesn't seem to have worked for Saudi Arabia as a deterrent with Iran nor with the Houthis.

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Saudi Arabia decided to sit the February 28th US/Israel/Iran war out (still got attacked by Iran). Now supposedly upset the US doesn't rush into the Houthi War in Yemen immediately. Funny that. x.com/FirasMaksad/st…

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Great that "after nearly three years of interrupted education, the Latin Patriarchate School in Gaza has reopened its doors." Most of these students are Muslims, of course, but that was also the case three years ago, before the Hamas War. x.com/LPJerusalem/st…

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If you look at Houthi-ruled Yemen internally, it is a humanitarian and development catastrophe. But this ramshackle terrorist state has been able to project power and war externally thanks to Iran's help and vaulting Houthi ambition. x.com/yemenexplained…

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Since the Houthi terrorists say that Mecca is "occupied" territory, does that mean that they want to "liberate" it or that they are willing to accept a two-state solution? I think the Saudis can (probably) defend themselves, but the Houthis dream of an actual invasion of Hejaz. x.com/MEMRIReports/s…

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There are many innocent, suffering people in Yemen. But it is a strange situation: a stimulant that you can't eat is a major (mostly domestic) cash crop and in Houthi-ruled parts of Yemen, priority is given over to building a war machine instead of helping poor people.

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@sfrantzman They don't, of course. But there are thousands of Yemeni soldiers and fighters arrayed and actively engaged against the Houthis. That SHOULD be the ground element. How much they still are and what they can do going ahead is an open question.

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Here's hoping the Saudis continue to hit the Houthi terrorists hard. And that "someone" helps them do it even more and more effectively and precisely in the coming days. x.com/NotWoofers/sta…

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@u_members @Hilit זה בית כנסת להט״בי, די ברור שזה לא אורתודוקסי

חבר הזמין אותי אתמול לאירוע תפילת יום הכיפורים של בית הכנסת הגאה בניו יורק. פעם ראשונה שאני מגיע לאירועי תפילה של יום כיפור. כמות מטורפת של כמה אלפי אנשים ולהט״בים, תפילה שנמשכה כשלוש שעות. היה מרגש ממש.

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This is a very important point on the Yemen conflict. Somehow the West lazily gives the Houthis agency but then erases this for anti-Houthi Yemenis. x.com/sadeqalwesabi/…

"Washington has explicitly identified reconstruction and commercial contracting [in Lebanon] as potential channels through which Hezbollah-linked networks can generate or divert money." middleeasttransparent.com/whats-hiding-b…

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"While supporters of the Houthis celebrate the group’s military operations and territorial gains, criticism from within Houthi-controlled areas reveals another side of the story, one of economic hardship, deteriorating living conditions, and growing frustration." x.com/BashaReport/st…

The risk around Iran is genuinely high. But social media is increasingly treating the worst-case scenario as if it were already the most likely one. The real indicators are more concrete: confirmed U.S. bomber and tanker movements, evacuation orders, major force-protection

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Gause’s argument rests on a definition of transformation so demanding that almost any real-world change can be dismissed as superficial. Unless Iran’s regime falls, a Palestinian state emerges, and weak Arab states become strong, the Middle East remains essentially unchanged. The x.com/foreignaffairs…

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"Of all the corruption accusations that have plagued Netanyahu over the years, “the charge that his aides doubled as influence agents for Qatar may be the most politically damaging." x.com/NewYorker/stat…

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The "far-right" the bishops seem to have no problem dialoguing with is the Islamic far-right which is allied to the atheist far-left (like LFI). x.com/FBBlackler/sta…