Newsletter
Newsletter Support JNS
Habtom Ghebrezghiabher. Credit: Courtesy.

Habtom Ghebrezghiabher

Habtom Ghebrezghiabher, Ph.D., from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is an expert on geopolitical and security dynamics in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea region.

While the West talks of de-escalation, Tehran is methodically arming its proxy in Yemen, ensuring that the Red Sea remains a theater of sustained aggression.
The self-governing state has become part of a broader geopolitical struggle over Red Sea alignment, tied to Jerusalem’s expanding engagement in the Horn of Africa.
Isaias Afwerki has consistently acted in ways that undermine U.S. interests in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea, fueling instability rather than contributing to regional peace.
It is a recycled narrative of age-old suspicions of Jewish power, repackaged as modern geopolitics against the Jewish state.
In the halls of the United Nations, this bloc of states speak—and vote—with one voice. Jerusalem must actively work to change that.
The United States is sending a clear message that the decades-long cycle of Islamist rule, violence and genocide must end.
The movement contemplates engaging in the Iran war, risking heavy retaliatory strikes from Israel and America that could significantly degrade their capabilities.
A long-term strategic alliance in the region could anchor influence, secure Red Sea trade routes and deny adversaries a permanent launchpad in the Horn of Africa and Red Sea against the Jewish state.
Restoring normalization with Israel depends on three conditions: preventing an Islamist return to power, dismantling Iran’s growing influence and stabilizing Eastern Sudan.
There is a deep, systemic bias that consistently undermines indigenous peoples, both African and Jewish, while shielding Islamist actors from accountability.
Its proximity of roughly 600 miles from Eilat creates a dual threat: armed jihadist groups on the ground and a major political crisis if Jerusalem is compelled to respond.
Jerusalem must have a strategy that builds a durable alliance with capable regional partners and coordinate a decisive ground offensive to contain the broader Iran-Islamist axis.