SANAA, Oct. 10 (Saba) - Yemen is still present in the US-Zionist strategic mentality, and the current aggression is the latest clear evidence of such plots and conspiracies.
Today, the armed forces reveal to the Yemeni people information for the first time that shows the plan to hand over Yemen to the Israeli enemy.
This information confirms that today we are confronting an aggression that seeks by all means to achieve Israeli objectives in our country.”
“The most prominent facts that should be revealed today are the conspiratorial schemes against our country that enable the Israeli enemy to achieve all its objectives and plans through the secret relationship with the former President Ali Abdullah Saleh"
as well as the meetings and the most prominent files on the table of meetings, discussions and correspondence either directly or through intermediaries.
A delegation of the Israeli Knesset visited Sana'a in March 1996 and received a remarkable hospitality. The delegation met with several senior security and civilian officials headed by former president Saleh. Many Israeli delegations visited Yemen between 1995 - 2000 under the cover of tourism, commerce and investment, issued by the national Security Agency document in the days of Saleh.
"On March 30, 2000, former President Saleh confirmed that he had previously met with Israeli President Weizman and that airing the meeting news by the Israeli Radio only ten minutes later, causing him severe embarrassment."
“This is a confirmation of what the Leader of the Revolution, Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi has said during his speech on the sixth anniversary of the September 21 Revolution about the relations of the former regime with the Zionist entity.”
As well as, The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Sarie'a, revealed with the documents, part of the relationship of former regime with the Zionist entity and Israeli interference in Yemen .
He said that advisor to the Israeli Foreign Minister, Bruce Kashdan, arrived in Sana'a on July 14, 2007 for an unannounced visit that lasted for two days.
During the visit, Kashdan met with military and security senior officials, who were relatives of former President Saleh. The visit, ended on July 16, 2007, was arranged by Yemeni officials in addition to officials from the United Arab Emirates, according to Sarie'a, who stressed that Kashdan's visit in 2007 was the second to Yemen after a previous visit on February 2, 2005.
In his visit, the Israeli official discussed with officials at the time cooperation in the field of Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb security. Military, agricultural and tourist fields and commercial cooperation were discussed and Israel products were allowed access to the Yemeni market, Sarie'a said.
"One of the most important issues was civil aviation and preparation for signing an agreement that allowing Israeli civil aviation to cross Yemen's airspace," The document added.
Israel plans to provide tens of thousands of Jews the Yemeni nationality, he added, warning against the "danger of this project to the Yemeni national security."
The Emirati ambassador in Sanaa, Hamad Saeed Al-Zaabi, in a memorandum to the UAE FM in 2004: "Yemeni-Jewish normalization" is part of a larger scheme drawn up by USA.
Brigadier General Yahya Sarie'a pointed out On May 19, 1997, the American ambassador praised Sana'a for the decision of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh who decided to cancel the boycott of the second and third levels. He indicated that the former regime has gradually proceeded with normalization with the Zionist enemy and the preparation of the Yemeni arena for it.
"The battle today is decisive, and facing the aggression means facing the Israeli plots," he said.
The various meetings and statements have been made by the aggression countries' regimes with the Zionist enemy are evidence to the cooperation and participation of Israel in the aggression on Yemen, he stressed.
He said "We have other evidence of the Israeli military participation in the aggression, and it will be revealed in due time".
In his part, Yemeni Researcher in military affairs Abdul-Ghani Al-Zubaidi said "The disclosure of documents proving the involvement of Saleh's regime with Israel highlights the importance of having a societal awareness on the rulers' policies, whether in the past, present or future."
In an exclusive interview with Unews Press Agency, Al-Zubaidi slammed "those who were deceiving the Yemeni people claiming that they did not recognize the Zionist entity, and then it became clear that they wanted the Yemeni people to be among the countries rushing towards normalization with Israel."
"Normalization has been since ancient times, since the nineties, which was the period of the former ruler of the Emirates bin Zayed, not the sons. Most Arab regimes, but not all, had this identification and race over to gain the approval of the American and Zionist to achieve their agendas in the region."
Brigadier General Sarie'a indicated that the normalization of relations between the regimes and authorities of the countries of aggression and the Israeli entity participating in the aggression against our country confirms that Yemen is indeed in the right position, and that the option of confrontation and steadfastness is the option that cannot be reversed. He renewed the call for local mercenaries who work for the benefit of foreign powers to return to the right path.
Written by Mona Zaid
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