al-Houthi cosigned a letter to the Yemeni government with Abdullah al-Ruzami, the rebels' military leader, in May 2005 offering an end to the uprising if the government would send emissaries or ended the military campaign against the rebels. "But if injustice continues with killing, destroying, and imprisonment... then the trouble will not be solved, but will become more complicated and the gap will become even wider."
al-Houthi co-signed a letter with Abdullah al-Ruzami, the rebels' military commander, in May 2005 proposing an end to the rebellion if the government would send representatives or cease its military campaign against them. However, if the government continued to commit atrocities, the situation would escalate and the divide between the two sides would grow even greater.