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Israel discovers international law, now they’re being bombed

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In a strange turn of events, it seems Israel has realised that international law does, in fact, exist.

Technically, the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) prohibits the use, production, stockpiling or transfer of cluster munitions and requires states to ensure that they claim no further victims.

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However, neither Israel nor the US signed the CCM. That might have something to do with them being some of the biggest producers of the weapon. Obviously, the law isn’t important when there is money to be made.

According to Oxford Public International Law:

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if widely implemented and adhered to, the CCM will dramatically decrease the harm to civilians caused by cluster bombs both during and after armed conflicts.

Of course, knowing what we know about Israel, it has no intention of minimising civilian casualties

Israel playing the victim

But no matter whether they are illegal or not, Israel does not get to play the victim now that another country decides to play them at their own game.

We have to remember, this is after Israel fired more than a million cluster bombs into Lebanon:

Killed thousands of Palestinian children:

Used white phosphorus on Gaza:

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Bombed schools, hospitals, health workers and journalists.

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Whilst creating and upholding a system of apartheid for years.

It’s one rule for Israel (and the US) and one rule for everyone else.

Of course, Israelis want to talk about the law now bombs are dropping on Tel Aviv.

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They had zero sympathy when the IDF was carpet bombing Gaza.

Even Mark Carney, the Canadian Prime Minister, agreed that the US and Israel were breaking international law. But of course, because it’s the US and Israel, he’s going to look the other way.

Israelis are partying in bomb shelters. Do the people in Gaza, Lebanon, or Iran have bomb shelters? Do they fuck.

We have watched Israel commit war crime after war crime for two years. The terrorist state expects us to livestream babies being burnt alive, hospitals getting bombed, and journalists running from bullets and look the other way. Meanwhile, they want us to pay attention and join their cries of ‘international law’ when a couple of buildings get hit in Tel Aviv? Or when things don’t quite go their way?

If Israel wants to fuck around, they’re going to find out. And we are not going to have sympathy for them when they do find out.

Featured image via Al Jazeera English/ YouTube.

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