Houthi: 'Greater Israel' plan aims to divide, humiliate Muslims
Iran Press TV
Thursday, 14 August 2025 7:47 PM
Yemen's Ansarullah leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi says the so-called "Greater Israel" plan, promoted by the US and Israel, is clearly aimed at dividing and humiliating the Islamic Ummah.
"Despite Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu targeting the entire Islamic Ummah, none of the Arab leaders dare to respond to him," he said in a televised speech on Thursday, adding this silence and inaction are concerning.
The term "Greater Israel" has been used since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War to describe the territories occupied by Israel, including East al-Quds, the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, and Syria's strategic Golan Heights.
Early Zionist thinkers, such as Ze'ev Jabotinsky—widely regarded as the ideological forerunner of Netanyahu's Likud party—expanded this vision to include present-day Jordan. The idea of "Greater Israel" is a core tenet of Likud's political legacy, rooted in Revisionist Zionism.
Netanyahu has consistently opposed the creation of a Palestinian state, and critics contend that the ongoing illegal expansion of settlements under his regime aims to establish "facts on the ground," effectively preventing the possibility of a viable Palestinian state.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Houthi pointed to the various crimes of the Zionist regime in the Gaza Strip, stating that the criminal entity is murdering journalists in order to prevent truth from reaching out to global public opinion.
"The Israeli enemy targets journalists because it does not want the realities on the ground to be exposed to world nations. The atrocities of the Zionist regime are much more horrendous than all other crimes in any part of the world.
"The ultimate goal of the Zionist enemy is to kill the largest number of Muslims as possible, force a large number of them to migrate, and dominate the rest," the Ansarullah chief said.
He denounced the starvation of Palestinians in Gaza as one of the most heinous and worst crimes of the Israeli regime in the Strip, stating that the Zionist enemy is trying to deceive the world by dropping aid pallets on tents for displaced people amid hunger crisis in the region.
"The Zionist regime is giving expired food to the people of Gaza. The Zionists prevented trucks carrying food from entering the Gaza Strip until their expiration dates passed, and now they are bringing some of these expired foodstuff into the region to harm the Palestinian people.
"As a result, the children of Gaza are suffering greatly from hunger and malnutrition."
Houthi said the Israeli and US death traps continue to claim the lives of the people of Gaza on a daily basis.
"The Zionist military directly and deliberately targets the citizens and children of Gaza, who are heading to food distribution centers. The Zionist regime is targeting an entire generation in the Gaza Strip. This amounts to genocide.
"Targeting children shows the Zionist regime's cruelty, crime, barbarity, and lack of adherence to international law."
Houthi also underscored the sanctity of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East al-Quds, describing it as a paramount concern for Muslim nations.
He condemned the "Zionist enemies" for their ongoing acts of aggression, including efforts to advance the process of Judaization and the raising of their flag within the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
He highlighted the continued targeting of Palestinian camps in the West Bank, such as Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams, with Israeli forces forcibly displacing Palestinians and ransacking public properties.
"The practical and political approach of the Zionist regime is to slaughter Arabs," Houthi said.
The Ansarullah leader called on Muslim nations to unite in defense of al-Aqsa Mosque and to confront the Zionist project and its malicious plans.
He lashed out at Israel's plan to occupy Gaza, stating that the highly controversial scheme falls within the context of ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people, and words of condemnation don't go far enough.
The Ansarullah leader praised the operations of resistance groups in Gaza, including al-Qassam Brigades and al-Quds Brigades, emphasizing that cooperation and coordination among Palestinian groups are among the most important elements of power.
Houthi also condemned the US-Israeli plan for disarmament of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement, saying the scheme is meant to strip Lebanon of its only weapon of defense.
The Ansarullah chief slammed the Lebanese government for its decision to comply with US, Israeli dictates.
Houthi finally slammed Egypt for finalizing a major gas deal with Israel, while some Western countries are boycotting the regime.
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