Alithia Zamantakis Praises the Houthis — A Terrorist Group Oppressing Yemen

On social media, Alithia Zamantakis reposted content praising Yemen for standing “proudly in solidarity with Palestine” and suggested that U.S. airstrikes were punishment for that “bravery.” But this narrative isn’t just misleading — it’s morally bankrupt.

What Zamantakis is really praising is Ansar Allah, better known as the Houthis — a U.S.-designated terrorist organization backed by Iran. The Houthis have not “stood with Palestine.” They’ve used the Palestinian cause as cover to justify attacks on U.S. military forces, commercial shipping in the Red Sea, and civilians inside Yemen.

Let’s be clear about who the Houthis really are:

• They’ve fired missiles at civilians and declared “Death to America, Death to Israel” as their rallying cry.

• They’ve blocked humanitarian aid, starved their own people, and recruited child soldiers.

• They’ve violently persecuted Yemen’s Jewish population, driving it nearly to extinction.

• They’ve attacked hospitals, bombed schools, and used civilians as human shields.

And this is the group Zamantakis praises as a symbol of “resistance.”

As a professor at Northwestern University, Zamantakis holds a position of influence. Yet time and again, she uses her platform to glorify terror groups, justify violence, and rewrite history in service of extremist ideology.

This isn’t anti-war rhetoric — it’s pro-terror propaganda. By repackaging the Houthis as freedom fighters, Zamantakis betrays every actual victim of their brutality, from starving Yemeni children to displaced Jews to targeted civilians in Israel and the West.

Final Word:

When Alithia Zamantakis praises the Houthis, she’s not standing for justice — she’s standing with a group that hates Jews, hates America, and thrives on violent repression. This is not activism. It’s indoctrination.

And it has no place in the classroom.