Why Are the Houthis Attacking Shipping in the Red Sea?

From the Net:

This is the ship that was attacked by the Houthis the other day:

Commenter: The Denmark owned, Singapore flagged, 100% non Israeli Maersk Hangzhou:

— Loaded with cargo at Chinese ports.
— Stopped at Singapore

It was going to Israel. So far, 100% of Houthi attacks have been against Israeli ships or ships going to Israel. If you’re not an Israeli ship or you’re not going to Israel, then you have nothing to worry about.

Commenter: IIRC the vessel was was headed to a Greek port, but if someone has more detail on the non-Israeli destination it would be appreciated. The currently shown route is to an Egyptian port, but that is probably an inspection stop.

Nope it was headed to Israel, and that’s why it got attacked. That’s what the Houthis said in their statement afterwards.

Lots of shipping companies from all sorts of countries are going through problem-free. They are all just negotiating safe passage with the Houthis. Real simple! Also, these ships going to Israel turn their transpo…