VOX POPULI: Ultimately, International Law Our only ‘Tool’ to Resolve Conflicts | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

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Israel claims self-defense in its major attack on Iran. But that would not have held up in law, says international law expert Jann Kleffner: “Most people, including myself, believe that there is no basis in international law for such an armed attack.”

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Experts agree that Israel's attack on Iran was contrary to international law. Tehran wants to continue its counterattacks, but also signals willingness to negotiate

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But at the same time an attack on a country like Iran is not legitimized by the fact that it is working on the atomic bomb. There is a big difference between the preventive strike of today and that of 1967.

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Since the military attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran by the State of Israel on the night of 13 June, we are witnessing a worrying drift from the comments that proliferate on the subject. By a curious reversal of perspective, the attacked country is in fact presented as one that embodies a danger to the regional and international order.