• P_P@lemm.eeEnglish
    16·
    2 months ago

    Might be a bit tougher for the IDF is their opponents fight back.

  • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
    14·
    2 months ago

    But if the UN defends themselves against Israel then Israel will acquire the right to defend themselves against the UN.

    • iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee
      3·
      2 months ago

      Neither UNIFIL nor U.N. Headquarters in New York have publicly reiterated that the peacekeepers can shoot back at the Israelis if they are attacked.

      This is a nothinburger. Of course they can, in theory. But they won’t, and they’re not even hinting they might. It’s just an article of wishful thinking and what legally is written in their charter. But reality is a different deal.

  • iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee
    3·
    2 months ago

    Neither UNIFIL nor U.N. Headquarters in New York have publicly reiterated that the peacekeepers can shoot back at the Israelis if they are attacked.

    This is a nothinburger. Of course they can, in theory. But they won’t, and they’re not even hinting they might. It’s just an article of wishful thinking and what legally is written in their charter. But reality is a different deal.