Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, John Helmer December 28, 2023

Today, John Helmer and Yemen's big squeeze on the World economy in defense of Gaza, Palestine.

Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded December 28th, 2023.

The latest manifestation of Israel's murderous, self-declared war against the Palestinian people taking place these past months in Gaza, and increasingly across the West Bank, has also spread offshore. Yemen's Ansar Allah, or Houthi movement is waging a war on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea in an effort to relieve the brutal embargo Israel is levying against Gaza.

A recent Houthi statement says, "If Gaza does not receive the food and medicine it needs, all ships in the Red Sea bound for Israeli ports, regardless of their nationality, will become a target for our armed forces." Those vital supplies have so far been denied the two and half million people currently being bombed, and the Houthis have been as good as their word.

What has resulted is a growing crowd of armed international actors floating around the Bab-al-Mandeb straits in both the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, with more promised to come.

John Helmer is a journalist and author who’s spent decades living in and reporting from Russia. Principle behind the web news site, Dances with Bears, Helmer has too been a professor of political science, sociology, and journalism, and served as advisor to governments at the highest levels.

Among his many book titles are: ‘Skripal in Prison,’ ‘The Man Who Knows Too Much About Russia,’ ‘The Jackals’ Wedding: American Power, Arab Revolt’, ‘The Lie That Shot Down MH-17’, ‘SOVCOMPLOT: How Pirates Tried to Capture the Treasure of the Russian Seas, and Were Caught Out’, and his lately released autobiography, ‘Dunce Upon a Time: A Life of Mistakes’.