Nadene Goldfoot
Hussein al-Houthi b: 1956-1959, now 68-71 if alive, whose tribe were Shi'a like IranThe Houthi movement, officially the Ansar Allah, is a Zaydi Shia Islamist political and terrorist organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up of Zaydi Shias, with their namesake leadership being drawn largely from the Houthi tribe.
Under the leadership of Zaydi religious leader Hussein al-Houthi, the Houthis emerged as an opposition movement to Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh, whom they accused of corruption and being backed by Saudi Arabia and the United States.
Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi was born in 1956 or 1959 in the Marran area, the ancestral home of the Houthi tribe, which is administratively part of modern Haydan District of Saada Governorate. At the time of Al-Houthi's birth, that part of Yemen formed the core of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen). His father, Badreddin al-Houthi, was a prominent Zaydi cleric who briefly took control of the Houthi movement after his son's death.
Yemen President Ali Saleh (1990-2012); said to be backed by Saudi Arabia and USA, In the late 1980s, Saleh was under considerable international pressure to permit his country's Jewish citizens to travel freely to places abroad. Passports were eventually issued to them, which facilitated their unrestricted travel.
Ali Abdullah Saleh Affash (21 March 1947 to 4 December 2017), commonly known by his last name Affash, was a Yemeni politician and military officer who served as the first president of the Republic of Yemen from the Yemeni unification in 1990 until his resignation in 2012, following the Yemeni revolution. Previously, he had served as the fourth and last President of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), from July 1978 to 22 May 1990, after the assassination of President Ahmad al-Ghashmi. al-Ghashmi had earlier appointed Saleh as military governor in Taiz.
In Houthi movement: Background and origins: …representative in parliament was activist Hussein Badr al-Din al-Houthi. After leaving parliament in 1997, Hussein al-Houthi began fostering the Believing Youth, a network of Zaydī youths intended as an alternative to similar Wahhābī youth networks. The network, which offered religious education, social welfare, and a sense of camaraderie, initially received…
For decades Zaydī religious scholars tended to align with Sunnis (rather than other Shiʿis) on modern theological questions. The non-Zaydī regime, which sought close ties with neighboring Saudi Arabia and other Sunni Muslim countries, attempted to hijack that trend by promoting a doctrine peculiar to the Saudi state, known as Wahhābism, in Zaydī circles. But many of those ideas undermined core elements of Zaydī doctrine and challenged the authority of Zaydī elites, and Zaydīs began resisting these encroachments.
In the early 1980s a Wahhābī seminary was established near Ṣaʿdah—the heart of Zaydī society. That move, and related developments in that decade, touched a nerve for Zaydīs, who were then stirred by what many perceived as an existential threat to their community and identity. Thus the battle of Shi'a against Sunni religious outlooks.
Iran: Iran is a majority Shia country, and the Houthis have been described as having a logical ideological partner with Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia terrorist militia.
Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia is a Sunni country, and the Saudi-led coalition has fought against the Houthis in Yemen. Saudi Arabia views the Houthis as an extension of Iran's geopolitical designs to destabilize the Arabian Peninsula. United Arab Emirates (UAE): The UAE has fought against the Houthis in Yemen.
Iran (Shi'a) and Iraq (Sunni) fought a war from 1980 -1988. After Iraq lost the Gulf War, Yemeni workers were deported from Kuwait by the restored government. Most Kuwaitis are Muslim, with the majority being Sunni and the rest Shia.
Yemeni Revolution: Part of Arab Spring and Arab Crisis: Tens of thousands of protesters marching to Sana'a University, joined for the first time by opposition partiesIn 2010, Yemen had the fourth lowest Human Development Index rating in the Arab world after Sudan, Djibouti and Mauritania. It was also facing a conflict with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, as well as a revolt from South Yemen secessionists, who wanted to see the old South Yemen reconstituted. In addition, there was a Shia rebellion by Zaidi rebels, known as the Houthis.
Peaceful protests and rioting occurred against food prices in March-April; 1 died from wounds during clashes and tank fire. In October-December 2007, a series of nationwide opposition rallies occurred. Mass opposition demonstrations occurred between November 2008-December 2009.
Out of this chaos was Ofra Haza, our beautiful Israeli singer whose family came from Yemen. Ofra Haza (1957-2000) was an Israeli singer and cultural icon who blended traditional Yemeni and Jewish folk music with contemporary pop: She was my very favorite when I lived in Israel from 1980 to the end of 1985. She suffered an early death from drugs, they said; the type that was hitting the USA entertainers at the same time. Haza's first hit was "Ga'agu'im". She represented Israel in the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest, placing second. Her 1984 album Yemenite Songs was recorded with traditional and modern instruments, and the songs were sung in Hebrew and Arabic. Her 1988 album Shaday sold more than a million copies. I bet she is the picture of our matriarch, RACHEL.
DNA scientists now know that Mizrachi Jews have the closest DNA to our ancient ancestors than either Ashkenazis or Sephardis.
Levi Salem Marhabi; jailed since 2016Levi Salem Musa Marhabi (Arabic: ليفي سالم موسى مرحبي, born c. 1987) is a Yemenite Orthodox Jew and one of the last Jews living in Yemen. He was imprisoned by Houthi militants in 2016 for allegedly assisting in smuggling a Torah scroll out of the country. Held in a prison in Sanaa, Marhabi has received harsh treatment from his detainers, with an emergence of reports of torture and deteriorating health conditions. In 2019, a Yemeni court ordered his release; however, the Houthis continued to detain him. I'm giving these Houthis the Goldfoot curse; never heard of it? You don't want to know from it, but I hope Israel did a good job with the recent bombing in reply to their 200 some missiles they attacked Tel Aviv with and hit these Houthis that continued to detain him are permanently detained. That shows you what kind of heart they have.
As of June 19, 2024, there are five Jews remaining in Yemen, according to local sources cited by Ynet. In March 2022, the United Nations reported that there was only one Jew in Yemen, Levi Salem Marhabi. Marhabi has been in Houthi-controlled detention since 2016 for helping to smuggle a Torah scroll out of Yemen. The Jewish community in Yemen is an indigenous minority religious group with origins dating back to biblical times. The remaining Jewish population in Yemen lives near the town of Raida in the north and in a compound in Sana'a. Yemenite Jews speak a variety of Arabic called Judeo-Yemeni Arabic, which is written in the Hebrew alphabet. They also use a pronunciation system for Hebrew called Yemenite Hebrew, or Temani Hebrew. Bravo ! I love you all for keeping our faith ! I hope Levi gets out, and with the Torah scroll intact at that.
Big brother Iran are all Shi'a, and so is Yemen now. They are against all Sunnis, Jews, Americans, etc.
Resource:
https://jewishbubba.blogspot.com/2024/09/sunday-morning-houthis-launch-ballistic.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_movement#:~:text=The%20Houthi%20movement%2C%20officially%20the,largely%20from%20the%20Houthi%20tribe.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Houthi-movement#ref1300933
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh
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