DankZedong A to Palestine · edit-211 months agoYemen’s Ansarallah rebels seize cargo ship in Red Sea, Israel blames Iranwww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down12cross-posted to: worldnews
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkYemen’s Ansarallah rebels seize cargo ship in Red Sea, Israel blames Iranwww.aljazeera.comDankZedong A to Palestine · edit-211 months agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews
minus-square Rafidhi [her/هي]linkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-211 months agoAnsarallah not “Houthi” it’s a slur.
minus-squareDankZedong OPAlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoI was not aware of that. What does it mean? Basically every Western outlet calls them that (and Al Jazeera apparently)
minus-square Rafidhi [her/هي]linkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-211 months agoAl Jazeera is Qatari and Qatar was part of the genocidal coalition against Yemen. I have posted an article here on a half dozen occasions that gives more explanation. It is a term they do not describe themselves as and is used as a racial pejorative to demean the legitimacy of the Ansarallah National Salvation movement. https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/houthis-or-ansar-allah:-why-western-media-including-washingt https://english.iswnews.com/18125/do-not-call-the-ansar-allah-movement-houthi/
Ansarallah not “Houthi” it’s a slur.
I was not aware of that. What does it mean? Basically every Western outlet calls them that (and Al Jazeera apparently)
Al Jazeera is Qatari and Qatar was part of the genocidal coalition against Yemen.
I have posted an article here on a half dozen occasions that gives more explanation. It is a term they do not describe themselves as and is used as a racial pejorative to demean the legitimacy of the Ansarallah National Salvation movement.
https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/houthis-or-ansar-allah:-why-western-media-including-washingt
https://english.iswnews.com/18125/do-not-call-the-ansar-allah-movement-houthi/