An Irish politician and a former member of the European Union (EU) Parliament showed her support for the Houthis in Yemen after she attended a Quds Day rally in the country’s Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, on March 28th.
Clare Daly of the Independents 4 Change, a socialist political alliance in Ireland, attended the International Quds Day (Jerusalem Day) rally organized by the Houthis.
Along with Daly, several other foreign delegates attended the event, including fellow Irish politician and Independents 4 Change member Mick Wallace, along with pro-Kremlin American social media influencer Jackson Hinkle, Christopher Helali, international secretary of the American Communist Party, British journalist Steven Sweeney of Russia Today (RT), and Soiuth African politician Zwelivelile Mandela, who is the grandson of the late former President Nelson Mandela.
In an interview with the Al-Masirah TV (Houthis-Yemen) network, Daly thanked the Houthis for their sacrifices against what she described as American and Israeli “terrorism“ and even described them as the “future.“
"This is the future.” Daly declared. "This is the only way we can build a better world in defiance against American terrorism and Israeli terrorism.”
After expressing her admiration and appreciation for the Houthis, which is proscribed as a terrorist group by the United States, as well as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Daly promised to try and emulate their actions in their countries and stand up against Israel, which she described as a “Zionist settler colonial regime.“
"I just want to say thank you, Yemen, for everything you have sacrificed and for the leadership you have shown all over the world. We will try and emulate your actions in our countries, and spread the word for real solidarity for Palestine, and standing up against the Zionist settler colonial regime of Israel." Daly said.
Aside from Daly, Russia-based American social media influencer and communist Jackson Hinkle expressed his honor for being in the rally, claiming he had never met a "more courageous people” than the Houthis, and further declaring that America and Israel, which he called the "Zionist entity", fear Yemen more than any other nation.
This outpouring of support for the Houthis in Yemen also came before US President Donald Trump vowed that American strikes against them will continue until they are no longer a threat to international shipping. The relentless attacks by the United States against Yemen also come after The Atlantic revealed that its editor-in-chief was accidentally added to a group chat on Signal, where top US officials such as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and US Vice President JD Vance discussed strikes against Houthis in Yemen.
