Photos have been posted online of Israeli “tourists” transported by the United Arab Emirates to the strategic Yemeni island of Socotra for vacation, causing widespread outrage among Yemeni people.
faraan: Social media users have circulated pictures of the purported tourists hiking in the mountains of Socotra Island, some of whom were posing with the Israeli regime’s flag.
The media activists emphasized that the Israelis are under full security protection wherever they go, in a move deliberately intended to arouse the feelings of Yemeni people.
“Israeli tourists are acting outrageously to the extent that they fearlessly hoist the regime’s flag before anyone during their sightseeing tours in Socotra,” a social media user named Ben Ghalib wrote.
Last May, the Sana’a-based Yemeni National Salvation Government strongly condemned the United Arab Emirates for the transfer of Israelis to the strategic island of Socotra on Emirati visas.
It said in a statement at the time that the UAE’s measure violates international law, given that Socotra is a Yemeni island occupied by the aggressor countries of the Saudi-led coalition.
