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Originally Posted by Yirmeyahu
shek,
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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Why was the operation to prevent Soviet ships reaching Cuba during the Cuban Missile crisis (in 1962, five years prior to 1967) called a "quarantine" and not a "blockade"?
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