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Israeli PM said to have turned down proposal in early talks and continues to take tough line

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 80 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I’ll tell you a secret: he doesn’t want to get the hostages back yet. They’re serving as a casus belli right now.

[–] BeautifulMind@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

won't somebody think of the warmongers?

[–] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Hey, getting having a casus belli that can be passed around to buy you time to bomb a city long enough before someone intervenes, especially if you can't singlehandedly deter many of the other armies to leave you alone, is a rare opportunity for small fish warmongers.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Found the Crusader Kings player

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

casus belli

casus belli /kā″səs bĕl′ī, kä″səs bĕl′ē/

noun

  • An act or event that provokes or is used to justify war.

  • A matter or occasion of war; an excuse or a reason for declaring war: as, the right of search claimed by Great Britain constituted a casus belli in 1812.

  • An act seen as justifying or causing a war.

(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition)