Starvation strategy in Yemen

Arab Sea Newspaper - Special

Starvation Strategy in Yemen 1- The Event as an Indicator: The call from 68 aid organizations on World Humanitarian Day is not just a humanitarian cry, but a coordinated pressure signal aimed at mobilizing donors and decision-makers. The timing is deliberate (World Humanitarian Day), and the wording is loaded with the language of humanitarian disaster, which makes the message go beyond the charitable dimension to the international political dimension. 2- Funding as a Political Weapon: The organizations linked the decline in support to political and economic conditions, most notably: Reforms, combating corruption, controlling ports. This means that aid is no longer aid, but a tool for negotiation and pressure used to impose economic and security policies on the Yemeni parties, regardless of the appalling and widespread corruption in every joint of those who claim legitimacy of rule in the country. That is, "hunger" has turned from a result into a tool for conflict management. 3- Dimensions of Regional and International Powers: • Some international powers use humanitarian aid as a legitimate means to dominate ports and trade routes. • Regional powers are investing in the crisis to expand their political influence by controlling funding channels and aid distribution. • The result: Yemenis have become hostages to international influence equations. 4. The Underlying Strategy: This event reveals a systematic starvation strategy: • First stage: creating complete dependence on aid. • Second stage: reducing funding and linking it to political conditions. • Third stage: using human need as a tool for negotiating pressure. 5. Significance of the Moment: That this call comes from 68 organizations collectively and simultaneously means that there is a shift in humanitarian discourse towards recognizing the role of politics in creating tragedy. It is not just a humanitarian complaint; it is an exposure of the game of grand strategies at the expense of the Yemeni people, in light of the failure of the countries of the region to create an atmosphere to create a logical horizon for ending the conflict and achieving a just and comprehensive peace in Greater Yemen, and to stop interfering in its internal affairs and occupying its islands and lands.