#okay im not at all an expert on this but malacca is my favourite waterway on earth

[limelocked]

in this world there are thousands of thousands of shipping lanes for boats to go through, looking at a map is crazy about it

however

there are about 5 points in this world where if the people who control it says No you cant go here, then you might just be fucked

panama canal

strait of gibraltar

suez canal

cape of good hope

AND

malacca strait

(via canadian geographic)

this is from an interactive map that shows the ships travel during the year of 2012 but its not limited to this year

now!

we all know that the yemeni houthis are shooting at israel owned or israel bound ships passing through the red sea

yemen has, by doing this, cut the suez canal out of the equation for a Lot of ships owned by zionists, not just hindering trade at the southern port on the red sea by forcing inbound ships to go all the way around the cape of good hope and into the med to get zionists trade goods

NOW!

(via al jazeera)

this deserves to be talked about because youll never guess where malaysia is

the strait of malacca is i think historically the most used path between the indian ocean and east asia, and malaysia is one entire half of it and owns port klang which is one of the worlds busiest ports and on the top 3 at LEAST in the region (source i saw said 12th busiest in the world and second in south east asia after singapore but im no expert)

malaysia doesnt NEED to shoot at ships because banning israel from its ports is devastating on its own, like if the entire strait were to be closed off (if indonesia and malaysia got together and not only banned them from ports but also their water space) then no boats can go from israel to or from china. with the suez canal you can go the long way round the cape of good hope but there are really limited option if youre locked out of malacca strait

malaysia doing this is good and cool because even if its not effective at halting trade at all its still a gesture and a half

its like gibraltar going No :) about letting you out of the mediterranean