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Originally Posted by Yirmeyahu
International law recognizes waters within 12 nautical miles (22.224 km/13.81 miles) as territorial waters. Under international law, the coastal state has jurisdiction to set laws and regulate use of territorial waters. Egypt regarded the Strait of Tiran as territorial waters.
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Yirmey,
You are not applying the correct law. The Strait of Tiran is 8 miles wide and passes between Saudi Arabia and Egypt. You can see the conflict already of what you are trying to apply as law.
The appropriate law to apply is:
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http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/texts/ins...torial_sea.pdf
Article 16, paragraph 4
There shall be no suspension of the innocent passage of foreign ships through straits which are used for international navigation between one part of the high seas and another part of the high seas or the territorial sea of a foreign State.
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The 1958 Convention formalized the existing customary law into treaty law. By closing the straits to Israel, Egypt was violating international law and provided a
causus belli with this act of war.