What’s the affect of the Houthis hijacking a ship within the Pink Sea? | Israel-Palestine battle

A partly Israeli-owned cargo vessel has been hijacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels within the Pink Sea.

The Iran-backed Houthis say the transfer was a response to Israel’s assault on Gaza.

Israel described the incident as an “Iranian act of terrorism”. Tehran has rejected the allegation.

So, what affect may this have? And what are the attainable army and financial implications?

Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault

Visitors:

Trita Parsi – Govt vp of the Quincy Institute for Accountable Statecraft, a Washington, DC-based think-tank

Mehran Kamrava – Professor of presidency at Georgetown College in Qatar and writer of the e book The Impossibility of Palestine: Historical past, Geography, and the Street Forward

Farea Al-Muslimi – Analysis fellow on Yemen and the Gulf at Chatham Home