The attack on Hezbollah’s communications network has enormously damaged the group, but was the attack, believed to be by Israel, legal under international law? The Middle East is once again on the brink of all-out war, with the Israeli government heralding new battle plans have been confirmed for southernLebanon. In response, Hezbollah leadership is vowing […]
Maybe, though if they’re not getting punished for the whole, y’know, genocide thing, I think they’re not going to get punished over weaponized pagers either.
Holy bad faith interpretation of what I’m saying batman. I said nothing about justification. OP was talking about consequences. What I’m saying is that when it comes to international law, a sovereign UN member state might have better chances finding justice through international law mechanisms than an occupied territory. Not saying that’s right, only that it’s more likely.
Maybe, though if they’re not getting punished for the whole, y’know, genocide thing, I think they’re not going to get punished over weaponized pagers either.
I don’t know by it might matter that Lebanon is an internationally recognized country in a way that Palestine isn’t.
So their crimes are justified against civilians if they do it in a disputed territory? That’s what you’re implying.
Holy bad faith interpretation of what I’m saying batman. I said nothing about justification. OP was talking about consequences. What I’m saying is that when it comes to international law, a sovereign UN member state might have better chances finding justice through international law mechanisms than an occupied territory. Not saying that’s right, only that it’s more likely.
I just think that morally it means it’s okay to break international law against Israel.