The Houthis’ grip on Red Sea trade

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have shown no sign of backing down with their attacks in the southern Red Sea on ships they say are linked to Israel. Despite warnings from the US, UK, and other countries, the Houthis vowed to continue attacks in solidarity with Palestine and against Israel’s military assault on Gaza. So, how much of an impact does this have on the global and Israeli economy? 

In this episode: 

Laleh Khalili (@LalehKhalili), Professor of Gulf Studies at University of Exeter

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Sarí el-Khalili, Fahrinisa Campana, and our host Malika Bilal. Ashish Malhotra and Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik, and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

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