Israel Can Save Saudi Arabia from the Houthis

Since Iran began its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, sealing off Saudi Arabia’s east coast, the kingdom has begun directing its oil exports to its west coast, along the Red Sea. The Houthis’ drone and missile arsenal, combined with their recent advance to strategic coastal points, could allow them to block that route as well by interfering with maritime traffic through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean. Riyadh has asked America, along with its new treaty allies in Ankara and Islamabad, for help, and so far has received little. But Israel, Oded Ailam, observes, has gotten quite good at dealing with Iran’s Yemeni proxies: