In a statement reported by the Lebanese daily al-Mustaqbal this past week, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Baker al-Qurabi warned against an ?Israeli attempt to control the Red Sea.? Such attempts, according to the newspaper?s report, ?which might lead to instability in the region and will negatively affect the trade navigation in this sea.? The Yemeni minister told al-Mustaqbal however, that ?the Israeli attempts to control the Red Sea are not new...?
Then, playing on anti-Semitic stereotypes of Jews, al-Qurabi warned that ?Israel uses differences among the countries of the region in order to maintain its control on that sea. He called,? reports the Lebanese daily, ?for the elimination of such differences.? The reason for such cooperation and the ?elimination of all factors of tension and differences in the region...? according to al-Qurabi, is ?in order to prevent Israel from controlling the Red Sea area.?
Then, playing on anti-Semitic stereotypes of Jews, al-Qurabi warned that ?Israel uses differences among the countries of the region in order to maintain its control on that sea. He called,? reports the Lebanese daily, ?for the elimination of such differences.? The reason for such cooperation and the ?elimination of all factors of tension and differences in the region...? according to al-Qurabi, is ?in order to prevent Israel from controlling the Red Sea area.?