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Old 12-12-2006, 03:00 AM   #70 (permalink)
Yirmeyahu
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The closing of the Straits of Tiran was not an "internationally recognized casus belli".

Egypt, as I've observed, never signed the treaty you refer to.

Incidentally, I would agree with you that Egypt's interpretation was incorrect, and that the blockade constituted a violation of international law.

However, it did not constitute a "casus belli".

The interpretation that the blockade was "an act of war" is your own, and not the internationally recognized one.
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