The Baseless Charge that Israel Is an Apartheid State, Again

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27. If someone offers to resolve a dispute in international court

Then it's not a casus belli, it's not a justification for war under any reasonable understanding since it is not an armed attack.

Nobody goes to war over these kinds of disputes, or else Iran would be well within its right to attack the U.S. for the trade sanctions.

Under article 51 of the U.N. charter, you are only allowed to launch a pre-emptive attack if there is an attack against you.

In any case, the strait was not a significant waterway for Israel, and ships could be easily be rerouted around the Sinai, just like they were during the first Gulf War, so Tiran is a weak excuse to attack.