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

      • Land_Strider@lemmy.world
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        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.

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      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)