• freagle@lemmygrad.ml
      73·
      10 months ago

      attacking civilian transports

      They are enforcing a blockade, just like any other nation is allowed to enforce a blockade. Israel attacks civilian transports all the time to enforce blockades. This action is not only respectable, it’s legal.

    • nekandro@lemmy.ml
      1011·
      10 months ago

      Yemen’s territorial waters bottleneck the Red Sea. By international law, their actions are valid.

      • mean_bean279@lemmy.worldEnglish
        83·
        10 months ago

        Houthis are a rebel group and not the officially recognized government last time I checked. So if you want to bring up international law for rebel groups then I guess we can add thousands of new governments suddenly?

        • nekandro@lemmy.ml
          54·
          10 months ago

          They have de facto control, but lack de jure control.

          Where have we seen this before…