Five to NewsEnglish • 2 months agoWeaponizing ordinary devices violates international law, United Nations rights chief saysapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square227fedilinkarrow-up1810arrow-down127
arrow-up1783arrow-down1external-linkWeaponizing ordinary devices violates international law, United Nations rights chief saysapnews.comFive to NewsEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square227fedilink
minus-squarePennomilinkEnglish45•2 months agoIt’s enforceable. A war between two countries does not exist in a vacuum. The whole rest of the world can impose sanctions against the violator. Whether they will in this case is another matter entirely.
minus-square@MrNesserlink5•2 months agoProblem with sanctions is they haven’t proved Israel did this. Its plausible deniability
minus-square@homura1650link21•2 months agoPart of plausible deniability is that it has to be plausible. There has been no plausible argument presented that Israel did not do the pager and walkie talkie attack. For that matter, there hasn’t even been a denial about it.
minus-squareRubberDucklink3•2 months agoThen again a denial would also not be plausible. Either way, saying nothing is their best course of action.
minus-square@Brkdncrlink-6•2 months agoIs that law though? No one is going to jail. Sounds more a contract or agreement.
minus-squarePennomilinkEnglish19•2 months agoLaw between nation states is different than for citizens.
minus-squareRubberDucklink3•2 months agoThe difference is enforcement capabilities. Geopolitical enforcement is not impossible it just gets murky quick. So many different priorities.
It’s enforceable. A war between two countries does not exist in a vacuum. The whole rest of the world can impose sanctions against the violator.
Whether they will in this case is another matter entirely.
Problem with sanctions is they haven’t proved Israel did this. Its plausible deniability
Part of plausible deniability is that it has to be plausible. There has been no plausible argument presented that Israel did not do the pager and walkie talkie attack. For that matter, there hasn’t even been a denial about it.
Then again a denial would also not be plausible. Either way, saying nothing is their best course of action.
Is that law though? No one is going to jail. Sounds more a contract or agreement.
Law between nation states is different than for citizens.
The difference is enforcement capabilities. Geopolitical enforcement is not impossible it just gets murky quick. So many different priorities.