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Israel's billions, Mossad and the revenge of the Houthis: Why was the ship seized in the Red Sea?

Israel's billions, Mossad and the revenge of the Houthis: Why was the ship seized in the Red Sea?

Israel's billions, Mossad and the revenge of the Houthis: Why was the ship seized in the Red Sea?

Rami Ungar is a billionaire whose ship was recently hijacked by pirates. What does Israeli intelligence have to do with him?

The military conflict between Israel and Gaza

A new "front" has emerged this week in the military conflict between Israel and Gaza. The Ansar Allah movement operating in Yemen seized a ship belonging to an Israeli company in the Red Sea. Before it happened, Brig. Gen.

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Yahya Sari said the Yemenis would attack Yemeni-flagged ships and those owned or operated by Israeli companies. Sari called on all states to withdraw their nationals working on these ships and avoid contact with them.

Israeli Defense Ministry and charges''Iran

The Israeli Defense Ministry called the detention of the ship an "international incident." At the same time, officials in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet blamed Iran for the incident.

Rami Ungar is the owner of the hijacked ship.

It has now emerged that Israeli businessman Rami Ungar was one of the owners of the Galactic Leader ship, which was carrying 25 crew members from Bulgaria, the Philippines, Ukraine and Mexico.

A businessman with wide-ranging interests

Avraham "Rami" Ungar is one of Israel's richest men, a businessman with extensive interests in importing cars and real estate, and chairman of Ray Shipping. Ungar even received an award from the South Korean government for his contribution to''New York Times in 2014 about United Against Nuclear Iran, an anti-Iran advocacy organization. Ungar acted as an intermediary who contacted companies doing business with Iran and persuaded them to abandon trade relations with Tehran.

This is only a small part of what the Israeli billionaire was directly or indirectly involved in. But it is enough to understand why his ship was seized by Yemeni Houthis in the Red Sea.

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